Feels like the distillation of everything Anderson has ever done, boiled down to its barest essentials.
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11/24/09
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
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Reviews Counted:111
Fresh:102
Rotten:9
Average Rating:7.6/10
Consensus: Fantastic Mr. Fox is a delightfully funny feast for the eyes with multi-generational appeal -- and it shows Wes Anderson has a knack for animation.
Australian Rating: TBC
Genre: Childrens
Australian Theatrical Release:
Jan 7, 2010 Wide
US Box Office: $562,048
Synopsis: With this animated adaptation of the Roald Dahl classic, director Wes Anderson moves from quirky films for adults, such as The Darjeeling Limited and The Royal Tenenbaums, to imaginative children's... [More]
Starring: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray
Director: Wes Anderson
Reviews for Fantastic Mr. Fox
One of the oddest family-oriented movies in recent memory--perhaps the first one to have its lead character simultaneously emblazoned on Happy Meal boxes and the cover of "Film Comment" and seem perfectly home in both places
11/24/09
The film has a renegade attitude but is also clearly respectful of the purpose of children's stories -- to entertain, to teach, to imagine -- and it's a joy to experience.
11/24/09
Parental Content Review
11/24/09
Anderson's fetish for quirk and detail finds in the fabricated world of a stop-motion film a kind of natural playground; if he's increasingly drawn to characters that are only marginally human, why not make them beasties and, better, puppets of beasties?
11/24/09
The film earns its title's superlative and a hundred more.
11/24/09
This is certainly the funniest animated feature so far this year, as well as one of the most sly ones to boot. (But be warned that it's not really a kids movie. There is some potentially upsetting material and imagery.)
11/24/09
Critics galore are fawning over Anderson's move to animation. Why all the fuss? - the man's been staging puppet shows for years.
11/24/09
Pure excrement on celluloid. Wes Anderson does it again!
11/24/09
Anderson is a thematic and stylistic eccentric, whose meticulous and dazzling sense of artifice results in a fully realized world that travels at top speed and is miniature only in scale.
11/24/09
Other filmmakers turn to children's stories when they have kids of their own. Anderson seems to have made this one for his inner child.
11/24/09
A breathtaking cinematic marvel; Anderson finds a magnificent home nestled firmly in the luxurious textures of the animation, the dancing vocal performances, and delicious wry tone that makes for stunningly fanciful cinema.
11/24/09
Fantastic Mr. Fox is certainly different from Anderson's recent stuff, and that's all good.
11/24/09
It’s a magical feat, one that turns puppets into personalities and an English meadow into Anderson’s world.
11/24/09
Witty and wonderful, Fantastic Mr. Fox is the perfect Thanksgiving entertainment...
11/24/09
While it might be a stretch to claim that Fantastic Mr. Fox is "fantastic," it's easily among the year's best animated features.
11/24/09
Fantastic Mr. Fox may be the perfect kids movie for grown-ups.
11/24/09
The film's premise may be child-like, but its themes -- family, self-identity and existential angst -- are all engagingly adult.
11/24/09
Fantastic Mr. Fox isn't exactly a kids' movie. It's just kid-friendly.
11/24/09
Fantastic Mr. Fox is a smart, droll animated film that may not be for everybody, but it has charm and panache.
11/23/09
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