The Boxtrolls

Name: The Boxtrolls
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Animation, Family
Released: September 26, 2014
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 61
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Dee Bradley Baker, Jared Harris, Nick Frost, Nika Futterman

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Focus Features | Release Date: September 26, 2014 | PG

Starring: Ben Kingsley, Dee Bradley Baker, Jared Harris, Nick Frost, Nika Futterman, Pat Fraley, Richard Ayoade, Steve Blum, Tracy Morgan

Summary: In the village of Cheesebridge, a Victorian-era berg obsessed with wealth, class and stinky fine cheeses, Eggs, a young orphan boy raised by the Boxtrolls, a lovable group of underground cave-dwelling trash collectors, tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher, with the help of a wealthy local girl named Winnie.

Director: Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable

Genre(s): Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Animation, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 96 min

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Catherine Bray

Aug 31, 2014

I can't remember the last time I saw a family animation so visually rich, tightly scripted and charmingly performed which was also built on a sound and progressive message. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Sep 26, 2014

It's gloriously inventive, wonderfully funny, and gorgeous to look at, the screen filled with sometimes overwhelming detail. Read full review

Richard Corliss

Sep 25, 2014

The movie has its political-parable aspect, with malevolent forces convincing both the 1% and the 99% that they have reasons to fear the other. But The Boxtrolls is mainly a delight for the sharp eye and the capricious mind. Read full review

Joe McGovern

Sep 24, 2014

The script lacks the wit of "Wallace & Gromit." Read full review

The Guardian Mike McCahill

Sep 22, 2014

Set it against the shiny blandishments that have passed for family fun this season, and it starts to look vaguely radical. Read full review

Michael Phillips

Sep 27, 2014

The Boxtrolls remains relentlessly busy up through its final credits, and it's clever in a nattering way. But it's virtually charmless. Read full review

Marc Savlov

Sep 24, 2014

The Boxtrolls feels rough-and-tumble and not as much fun by half. Read full review

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judahjsn

Oct 12, 2014

A masterpiece. I can't understand why this doesn't have a perfect critical score. So funny and smart and beautiful to look at. Really loved it. I love that movies for children are evolving in the substance of their messages.

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ParkerRose

Mar 6, 2015

Best animated movie of 2014. The characters actually mean something(unlike Big Hero 6), the story is entertaining, and the graphics are absolutely gorgeous. This should have beat that crappy Big Hero movie.