Fantastic isn't a strong enough word for this vibrant, intelligent, hilarious film for all ages
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11/30/09
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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
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Reviews Counted:161
Fresh:148
Rotten:13
Average Rating:7.8/10
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.
Rated: PG [See Full Rating]
Genre: Childrens
Theatrical Release:Nov 13, 2009 Limited
Box Office: $10,024,072
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
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Reviews for Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fantastic Mr. Fox is (waves hands around face) different. In a good way. In a great way, actually.
11/30/09
Anderson has explored eccentric family dynamics %u2013 particularly those that exist between fathers and sons %u2013 in each of his films, and his philosophical insights are all over the precise ramblings of Fox and his motley crew.
11/30/09
Anderson's films often bounce between absurd comedy and poignant catharsis, and Mr. Fox is no different. Its brisk pacing keeps the catharsis from weighing down the comedy.
11/30/09
Wes Anderson offered the most unique animation this year and great dialogue; dialogue that was perfected with performances by George Clooney, Jason Schwartzman and Meryl Streep.
11/30/09
This is a den of oddball characters in a script as cleverly written as the stop-motion animation is eye-catching.
11/29/09
A creepy cartoon filled with inappropriate inside jokes that are mostly over the head of the desired tyke demographic, exactly what one would you expect of a claymation vehicle crafted by the cerebral Wes Anderson.
11/29/09
After watching Wes Anderson's exhilarating animated fable Fantastic Mr. Fox, you'll secretly want to be Mr. Fox.
11/29/09
Fans of either artist may not think that Wes Anderson and Roald Dahl could mate to make such a clever and intriguing film, but it works in a miraculous way.
11/28/09
Wes Anderson's first animated movie turns out to be one of 2009's best films.
11/28/09
With its jittery stop-motion animation, exquisitely detailed shots, and outwardly self-aware characters,[it's] the epitome of artifice. It's also as bright and cheery a time as you'll have at the movies this year.
11/28/09
Great writer/directors such as Wes Anderson prove that you don't need flash, sizzle, three-dimensions and big budgets to make a great animated feature.
11/28/09
[Another one of] the vacuous, pretentious and annoying films of Wes Anderson.
11/28/09
Writer-director Wes Anderson's movies are often loaded with cartoonish characters and situations. So, it would only make sense that his most enjoyable movie to date is an actual cartoon.
11/27/09
The adjective in the title of Fantastic Mr. Fox doesn't lie: Director Wes Anderson's adaptation of Roald Dahl's best-selling children's book about a family of foxes is absolutely fantastic. And fantastically strange, too ...
11/27/09
Fantastic Mr. Fox proves there's still life in the stop-motion format - and in Wes Anderson's droll approach to movie making.
11/26/09
Wes Anderson can tell a tale, and now he has proved a family can appreciate him as well.
11/26/09
The same eye for immaculate compositions that had seemed increasingly to hem in his human actors here serves as the basis for some of the most inventive animated set pieces this side of Nick Park.
11/26/09
Top Critic...a wholly unique piece, a contemporized take on Dahl's 1970 book with as much interpersonal angst as kid-friendly fun.
11/26/09
Anderson's liveliest and most appealing movie...every shot filled with precise and intricate detail. This is movie-making as Cornell Box.
11/25/09
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