The BoxTrolls ( Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D )
Based on Alan Snow's book Here Be Monsters!, The Boxtrolls is, first and foremost, a magnificent work of design. Visually, the movie looks like a vision of Victorian England filtered through the consciousness of Tim Burton and then given a steampunk overhaul. The story takes place in an English village where creatures known as Boxtrolls are believed to be kidnappers of babies and menaces to society. In truth, they are harmless, misunderstood creatures. They wear cardboard boxes that they have found, and are named after whatever is on the box (Fish, Shoe, Clocks, etc.). Living among them is an orphaned human boy, Eggs (voiced by Isaac Hempstead Wright), they have raised since infancy. Eggs mistakenly believes he is one of them. Meanwhile, above ground, the nefarious exterminator Archibald Snatcher (Ben Kingsley) is hatching a sinister plan. He wants admission into the village's white-hat society, a place for the wealthy and respected. In order to get his way, he convinces Lord Portley-Rind (Jared Harris) to admit him if he can rid the town of Boxtrolls once and for all. Eggs gets wise to the plan and rallies the Boxtrolls to protect themselves. They get help from Lord Portley-Rind's daughter, Winnie (Elle Fanning). Snatcher really wants his white hat, though, and he begins grabbing Boxtrolls left and right. The Boxtrolls is the movie equivalent of its own characters: quirky, weird-looking, beautifully unusual, and almost impossible to not love. - The Aisle Seat
Year: 2014
Genre: Comedy, Family Animation, Fantasy Films, Children's & Family Theatre, Animation, Blu-ray Discs
Country: USA
Director: Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable
Starring: Ben Kingsley, James Urbaniak, Jared Harris, Toni Collette, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Elle Fanning, Brian George
Duration: 96 Minutes
Rating: PG - Low level violence
6.8/10
Location in store: Childrens/Family (Animation)
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