Fantastic Mr. Fox |  | Director: Wes Anderson
Actors: Meryl Streep, George Clooney
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Format: AC-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 87 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: FOXD2265568D
UPC: 024543655688
EAN: 0024543655688
Theatrical Release Date: November 6, 2009
Release Date: March 23, 2010
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Product Description
ANGRY FARMERS, TIRED OF SHARING THEIR CHICKENS WITH A SLY FOX, LOOK TO GET RID OF THEIR OPPONENT AND HIS FAMILY.
The visually ravishing animated movie The Fantastic Mr. Fox follows a fox, voiced by George Clooney and dressed in a natty brown corduroy suit, as he cheerfully and recklessly takes his thieving ways a little too far and brings down the wrath of some sour-faced poultry farmers on his family and friends. Based on a lesser-known book by children's author Roald Dahl (who wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach), the movie is the work of Wes Anderson (writer-director of Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums), who expanded and elaborated on the original story; the combination is inspired. Anderson's sensibility--his fondness for meticulous compositions, coordinated colors, and narrative filigree--can sometimes seem finicky and stiff in live-action movies, but it's exquisitely suited to the painstaking art of stop-motion animation. Every corner of the screen crackles with visual invention and whimsical humor. The top-notch vocal cast (which also features Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Michael Gambon, Owen Wilson, and others) create vivid personalities that perfectly mesh with the movie's lush colors and luscious textures. The Fantastic Mr. Fox is an off-beat gem, a giddy mix of adult emotional issues, wild animal behavior, and childlike delight. --Bret Fetzer
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 Disappointing to our family. July 26, 2010
Susan Hayden (Atlanta, Georgia)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The animation here is quirky and the story is ok. But if our family's reaction (ages 57, 55, 34, 28 and almost 4) is any guide, this one's not worth buying. I don't think we will ever watch it again. It certainly failed our toddler's critical review. She announced, as it was ending, "I don't like it." This from a child who, if she likes a film, asks to see it over and over again. She loves Horton (Hears a Who), Up, Kung Fu Panda, and the Bizard (Wizard) of Oz. She will sit through long films from beginning to end. But this one she needed some minor cohersion to get through.
 great movie July 21, 2010
J. Shores (Oconomow, Wisconsin)
Tried to watch this movie on Netflix but the DVD was so bad I had to send it back mostly unwatched. But what I did see made me realize it was worth buying. I have enjoyed this movie so much, and recommended it to all my family and friends. Wish I had seen it at the theater. The animation is state of the art and the actor/voices really made this movie come alive.
 Pure Furry Fun! July 20, 2010
J. Alford (Atlanta, GA. United States)
Roald Dahl has left a long legacy in children's literature. Many of his works have been turned into movies, including: Charlie And The Chocolate Factory/Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, The Witches, plus James And The Giant Peach. Revered director Wes Anderson went an extra step further for making this film the first fully-animated adaptation of one of Dahl's books.
Set in the British countryside(even though most of the cast has American accents!), Mr. Fox has to give up his life of stealing from farmers to start up a family with Mrs. Fox. A few fox years into it, their son Ash is going through his akward teenage phase while resenting having his cousin Kristofferson moving in on his territory at school. Mr. Fox decides though to move his family into a new place, while at the same time planning heists on the three local major farms with his new landlord possum, Kylie. After somewhat successfully strealing from them, the ex-Nazi owner of the cider ranch that Fox stole from plans to go WWII on his ass by attacking his new home. After he and the other two farmers run them out, the Fox family heads for the sewers along with the rest of most of the forest critters. The animals then dig under the farms and totally wipe out their stock. The farmers retaliate by flooding them out into the sewers, and eventually capture Kristofferson thinking that he's Ash. Fox then leads a rescue mission to get Kristofferson back with Ash and Kylie. The Fox family then make a new home underneath a supermarket which happens to be owned by all the farmers.
This movie mixed stop-motion animation with computer effects pretty well, especially since it was done by Henry Selick, whose wizardry includes his own movie Coraline, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. Selick also worked on the animation for Anderson's The Life Aquatic. I was very suprised with the detail given to the animals' fur and expressions. There are times when the characters seem slightly out of place, like the 4ft. rat that worked for the farmers. Plus, they never explain why the regular forest animals wear clothes and can talk, while the other animals like bloodhounds and wolves are just regular animals. I was suprised though at how much good criticism this film got, especially from critics who aren't normally fans of animation. I thought it was in all a good movie overall, although not as funny as it could have been at times. Despite its charm, its not totally a movie for the entire family, but is truly one for the ages, and I have to say I'm impressed with its look at old fashion style for a modern day production
Fun and Entertaining July 18, 2010
Jiang Xueqin (Toronto, Canada)
"Fantastic Mr. Fox" really is a smart and witty, fun and entertaining family movie written by two of our most intellectual film-makers (Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach), adapted from the Roald Dahl classic.
When Mr. Fox sees the dangers in raiding farmers' livestock (his curiosity causes him to trap him and his pregnant wife) he becomes a newspaper columnist, only to eventually realize that raiding farmers' homes is a far more nobler calling (as a former journalist, I agree completely with his assessment). His raiding angers the farmers, who begin a massive foxhunt, forcing him and his fellow animals deep underground, then into the sewage system, and then finally into the worst place of them all -- a modern supermarket.
George Clooney does a terrific job of voicing Mr. Fox, and if I had not learned that Meryl Streep was in the movie I would have thought the casting perfect.
Hi everybody July 16, 2010
Brucie Miller
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Hi everybody. My name is Bruce and I liked this movie. It's about a fox and it's really funny. But it's not a real fox. It' a computer animated fox and also the fox talks. Real foxes don't talk. But if you put that aside you should find the movie funny.
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