Anderson's stop-motion Fantastic Mr. Fox is both a delightful amusement and a distillation of the filmmaker's essential playfulness.
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11/13/09
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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
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Reviews Counted:83
Fresh:76
Rotten:7
Average Rating:7.5/10
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
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
Top CriticVisually, its a true marvel. Perhaps best of all, it feels like something entirely new.
11/13/09
Top CriticWith its clever visual jokes and sassy dialogue, Anderson's first foray into animation doesn't seem to be made entirely with children in mind. Maybe that's why it seems so perfect for them.
11/13/09
Top CriticThese weirdly effective shifts in tempo, combined with an attention to detail and distinctive dialogue, make for the best moments in this offbeat adventure.
11/13/09
Top CriticLife is full of surprises. The best one I've had in a good while is Fantastic Mr. Fox.
11/13/09
Top CriticIt provides a pleasantly cerebral experience, exhilarating and fizzy, that goes to your head like too much Champagne.
11/13/09
Top CriticOffbeat family adventure may charm adults more than kids.
11/13/09
Fantastic Mr. Fox, which Mr. Anderson wrote with Noah Baumbach, and which he has been hoping to make for many years, is in some ways his most fully realized and satisfying film.
11/13/09
Top CriticFantastic Mr. Fox is a retro marvel that should delight today's audience.
11/13/09
Top CriticA stop-motion animated feature that doesn't seem like it should make any sense at all -- but it totally does. Fantastic, indeed.
11/13/09
You don't want to watch this movie, you want to climb inside it and play.
11/13/09
A sly, witty and utterly enchanting adaptation of Roald Dahl's mordantly whimsical book about a thoroughly domesticated gentleman fox who pines for days when the world respected his wildness.
11/12/09
Turns out to be a good one as Anderson and co-writer Noah Baumbach adapt Roald Dahl's 1970 book, but with a generous helping of Anderson's quirky wit and a few other personal touches.
11/12/09
Mr. Fox doesn't just rescue Dahl's legacy on film. In a year stuffed with kid-lit movie adaptations, it's the only one to successfully reach out to children and adults.
11/12/09
Top CriticAn adventure in pure imagination that plays to the smart kid in all of us.
11/12/09
Top CriticThe movie functions as a nostalgic adventure, a full-fledged depiction of a unique community and an affectionate exploration of manliness and alienation.
11/12/09
An absolute delight, second only to Up! Among the top animated films of the year
11/12/09
A visual treasure that successfully blends deadpan quirkiness with a wry realism rarely seen in any film, let alone one for children.
11/12/09
Top CriticSure, Anderson's making a statement about the human animal, but he proves no Aesop and Fantastic Mr. Fox is, alas, no Animal Farm.
11/12/09
What sets "Mr. Fox" apart from the rest of the Anderson oeuvre, apart from the talking animals, is that Anderson's writing is glossed with some wry hardboiled noir and more than a few double entendres.
11/12/09
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