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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

Directed by Wes Anderson

Animation

Most recently watched by sensoria, noahphex

Overview

The Fantastic Mr. Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.

Rated PG | Length 87 minutes

Actors

Wallace Wolodarsky | Owen Wilson | Brian Cox | George Clooney | Bill Murray | Adrien Brody | Meryl Streep | Willem Dafoe | Wes Anderson | Michael Gambon | Helen McCrory | Jason Schwartzman | Allison Abbate | Roman Coppola | Garth Jennings | Tristan Oliver | Karen Duffy | Jarvis Cocker | Mario Batali | Hugo Guinness | Jeremy Dawson | Steven M. Rales | Eric Chase Anderson | Robin Hurlstone | Juman Malouf | James Hamilton | Rob Hersov | Jennifer Furches | Molly Cooper | Martin Ballard

Viewing Notes

There was a lot of hype for this film and I was never impressed by the trailers. Friends have raved about it to me enough that I took to mocking it even before seeing it.

Well I saw it and it turns out my mocking was right. This movie is silly.

I’ll be honest, I can’t get past that terrible animation style. Especially for someone like Wes Anderson who has the money and class to make this much better. I don’t fault the guys who made Town Called Panic for their low-budget, but because that was played so insane it helped make it better. With Fox I just thought “this looks terrible”. It made it hard to identify or even care about the characters because I kept thinking how poorly it was done.

And then the story? Really? It’s a fox who steals some shit, the three guys get made and tear down his hole and then they steal more stuff. The end. This is a movie to get excited about? And how come the fox, who is killing chickens is friends with a rabbit? And how come the dogs and chickens are normal, non-talking animals when the fox is going around driving motorcycles? It’s all quite nonsensical. I’d forgive that stuff if the plot was halfways interesting but it’s not.

I love Wes Anderson but this was completely, if not below, mediocre. I look forward to his next live action film but I can do without another shitty animated one.

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