Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox is based on the Roald Dahl children’s book with the same title. Basically, it’s the story of Mr. Fox and his family who are terrorized by three farmers: Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. Of course, Mr. Fox brings this retribution on himself by stealing the farmers’ chickens, geese, and cider. With the voices of George Clooney (Mr. Fox), Meryl Streep (Mrs. Fox), and plenty of other notables, Fantastic Mr. Fox provides excitement and entertainment. The stop-action techniques are clever and a welcome change of all the Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) so common in movies today. Children will enjoy this movie, but so will adults. GRADE: B+
I’d like to see this but I am afraid after Phil sitting through THE PRINCESS and THE FROG, it ain’t gonna happen.
Phil (and you) would like FANTASTIC MR. FOX, Patti. The stop-action filming is impressive. All of Roald Dahl’s work has its dark side, so there’s a stinger in the plot.
Seems to me this is a DVD at home type movie anyway…
I’m sure the DVD of FANTASTIC MR. FOX will be out in a month or two, Rick. It’s well worth seeing.