Director: Wes Anderson
Genre: Animation/
Comedy/ Adventure
Runtime:
87 minutes
Year:
2009
Starring: George
Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Wallace Wolodarsky, Eric
Chase Anderson, Michael Gambon, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson, Jarvis Cocker, Wes
Anderson, Karen Duffy, Robin Hurlstone, Hugo Guinness, Helen McCrory, Roman
Coppola, Juman Malouf, Jeremy Dawson, Garth Jennings, Brian Cox, Tristan
Oliver, James Hamilton, Steven M. Rales, Bob Hersov, Jennifer Furches, Allison Abbate,
Molly Cooper, Adrien Brody, Mario Batali, Martin Ballard
Description: An urbane fox
(George Clooney) cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must
help his community survive the farmers' retaliation.
Review: Obstinate director Wes Anderson brings the famous children’s book
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”, written by Roald Dahl, to life. The fable about a fox that
is on the run from three mad farmer, has been a personal favorite of Anderson
for years. It took him some time to make this film. Reason: Wes Anderson always
likes to do things a bit different than others. He decided to go for stop
motion animation, which means there are twelve shots for every second of the
film. Again Anderson manages to be surprising.
“Fantastic Mr. Fox” is a
notable movie that doesn’t have a lot in common with other animations, like
modern, computer animated films. All the shots in the movie look like they come
straight from a picture book, with off course the infamous color pallet
Anderson uses. He gave all the animals faces full of expression and a lively
structure of fur. All of the animals have their own character. Take Mr. Fox, a slick and not so virtuous fox who said goodbye to his
life as a thief. His wife is pregnant and he has to be more responsible, so he
takes on a job as a columnist. Twelve fox years later, when his son Ash is all
grown up, Mr. Fox wants to start stealing again.
Off course we see the
structure, the dysfunctional family, Anderson loves that. He gives Roald Dahl’s
story an extra, more mature layer, which makes it more fun for adults.
For originality “Fantastic
Mr. Fox” is outstanding. It’s very risky to go for this animation method in the
world of computer animated films. That makes this movie unique. And Wes
Anderson has done a wonderful job telling this beloved story. “Fantastic Mr.
Fox” is probably my favorite Anderson movie.
Rating: 5/
5
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