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Rating: 8 stars

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All movies seen on 02/20/2015

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The Boxtrolls (2014)

Directed by Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable

Animation | Fantasy | Adventure

Most recently watched by zombiefreak, Javitron, archstanton43, seanCduregger, CaptainBigTime, sleestakk, schofizzy

Overview

An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.

Rated PG | Length 97 minutes

Actors

Ben Kingsley | Isaac Hempstead-Wright | Elle Fanning | Dee Bradley Baker | Toni Collette | Jared Harris | Nick Frost | Richard Ayoade | Tracy Morgan | Simon Pegg | Nika Futterman | Pat Fraley | Fred Tatasciore | Maurice LaMarche | James Urbaniak | Brian George | Lori Tritel | Steve Blum | Laraine Newman | Reckless Jack | Max Mitchell

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

I finally rented this from RedBox after missing the chance to see it at Telluride Horror Show last year (we ended up not going because of costs, timing and weather). While not gut-bustingly funny, it’s a great, charming piece of animation. The animation is gorgeous and so well done, you easily lose yourself in the story. I also liked that everything isn’t spelled out for the audience and the story unfolds naturally. A great example of a children’s movie that treat’s its audience intelligently.

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