Fantastic Mr. Fox

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Fantastic Mr. Fox

PG

2009

1h 28m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Animation

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After 12 years of bucolic bliss, Mr. Fox breaks a promise to his wife and raids the farms of their human neighbors, Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. Giving in to his animal instincts endangers not only his marriage but also the lives of his family and their animal friends. When the farmers force Mr. Fox and company deep underground, he has to resort to his natural craftiness to rise above the opposition.

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Critics 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.

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

08/30/2018

The animation is beautiful, the attention to detail is a thing of wonder... but the story is a mess, the script is banal and, as visually stunning as it all is, it just doesn't seem to have any kind of soul.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

06/18/2016

'Fantastic Mr. Fox' may be the purest distillation of Anderson's specific, inimitable style.

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

03/11/2014

Visually, the movie is a wonder, with its profusion of detail and exquisitely focussed "performances" by the figurines, whom Anderson frames in images as precisely composed as those in his live-action work.

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Sarah Ward

Concrete Playground

Oct 16

Combine Anderson, a magnificent Roald Dahl-penned all-ages story and stunning stop-motion animation, and you get a match made in cinematic heaven.

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Michael Leader

Den of Geek

05/07/2024

4/5

It's a solidly entertaining, joyful ride, driven along by a masterful score from Alexandre Desplat, and featuring wonderful voicework across the board.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

08/30/2023

4/4

That Anderson made Fantastic Mr. Fox very obviously his film, both in the thematic and visual realms, in a medium comparatively out of the ordinary to his other works, speaks to his ability as an auteur.

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Thomas E

@thomas.s Jul 1

Absolutely fantastic

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Zavi W.

@SomeoneOnRottenTomatoes Jun 23

The only word I can describe this movie, is the first word of the title.

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Ave T

@UW31310 Jun 18

I watched this in bed, at 4am while the sun was rising before school, it was a 10/10 experience would recommend this instead of sleep.

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Tristan K

@RT02192883 Jun 16

great animation. love the atmosphere. great humor.

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Nerlens Emil E

@Itzgreeny11 Jun 15

Confusing narrative, animation was made by a 5 year old, unlikeable protagonist, messy plot, movie ending was stupid and ended abruptly without any explanation.

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Kunavathi R

@RT20642142 Jun 1

The whole movie feels like he’s searching for a sense of freedom in sort of materialistic way. For example, buying a big tree as a new home instead of staying in the den with his family, where they belong cause they’re foxes…He’s keep denying his identity as a wild animal and trying to be smtg bigger, greater and fantastic.He wants to inspire people and aspire to be just like him otherwise he’ll feel not good enough and worthless..Also ash character (his son) also resembles his father in a clearly way of identity crisis.. He always competes with others to be better.. For his dad to finally be proud of him.. He go out of his way to be "normal"..He never felt good enough about himself, constantly got overlooked, Always thinks it’s his fault of smth went wrong and when everyone says that he’s different he asked "I’m not different,Am I?".

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Synopsis

After 12 years of bucolic bliss, Mr. Fox breaks a promise to his wife and raids the farms of their human neighbors, Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. Giving in to his animal instincts endangers not only his marriage but also the lives of his family and their animal friends. When the farmers force Mr. Fox and company deep underground, he has to resort to his natural craftiness to rise above the opposition.

Director: Wes Anderson
Producer: Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Allison Abbate, Jeremy Dawson
Screenwriter: Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: American Empirical Pictures
Rating: PG (Slang Humor|Action|Smoking)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 25, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $21.0M
Runtime: 1h 28m