Fantastic Mr Fox (2009 movie)- Review

Directed by: Wes Anderson
Released: 2009
Country: United States

Genres: Animation, Adventure, Family, Comedy

Main cast: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Scwhartzman, Eric Chase Anderson, Bill Murray, Michael Gambon, Robin Hurlston, Hugo Guinness, Willem Dafoe, Helen McCrory, Adrien Brody, Owen Wilson

Rating: 3.5 out of 5

Review

''Fantastic Mr. Fox'' is fantastic as a family film. Everybody, children and adults, will like this film. I liked this film, it's a delightful adventure comedy movie. It's nice, yes, but however, it's also nothing that special. It's good, but not excellent.

The movie was based on Roald Dahl's children's novel of the same name. I'm a big fan of Roald Dahl's works, but I haven't read that book yet. ''Fantastic Mr. Fox'' is the first animated film directed by Wes Anderson. Wes Anderson succeeds in making ''Fantastic Mr. Fox'' a charming and good movie.

This stop-motion animated is about a fox, Mr. Fox, and his family, his wife and his son Ash. The family move their house at the base of a tree. That is not a very safe place. Three scary farmers run facilities near the tree. But nevertheless, Mr. Fox doesn't pay importance to this. Instead, he makes plans to steal hens from the facilities of all three farmers, and with clever and intelligent techniques, he succeeds in his plan.

The three farmers get tired of these mischief caused by the fox and decide to kill him. As they make plans and do their works according to their plan, Mr. Fox also makes clever ways to escape, building escape tunnels. Very soon, many of their animal neighbors join them, as their homes have also been destroyed. What happens then? Well, then adventures follow!

There is a sub-plot about Fox's son Ash. He feels ignored as both his parents appreciate the talents of his cousin, who has come to their house as a guest because his father is very sick.

This animated film is delightful to watch. The characters are quite interesting and the movie is often funny. The animation is good, and the adventures that are happening in this movie are mixed with humor. The result? A wonderful comedy adventure film!

Mr. Fox is truly fantastic as the title suggests. He is voiced by George Clooney. Mr. Fox is very intelligent, very brave, and adventurous. At the beginning of the movie he had made a promise to his wife that he would never steal hens and look for a safer job. But however, his adventurous mind makes him ignore the promise and steal hens from the facilities of the mean farmers. However, his clever ideas and intelligence also helps them escape the mean farmers quite a lot of times. I liked this character.

Meryl Streep voices the wife of Mr Fox. She is a calm and cool-minded fox. Their son, Ash, is voiced by Jason Schwartzman. Eric Chase Anderson voice Kristofferson, the nephew of Fox. He is very intelligent and very good in sports, which makes Fox and his wife appreciate him. The three farmers, the antagonists of the film, are voiced by Michael Gambon, Robin Hurlstone, and Hugo Guinness.

The humor, and the adventure are charming to watch. The screenplay is excellent. Like other tales by Roald Dahl, this film is fascinating, enchanting, adventurous, and umm, weird as well.

But however- this film is enjoyable and interesting and charming, but however, it's not that special. It is a delightful entertainment, but not great.

Overall, watch this movie to enjoy the humor and adventure. It's charming and very good. It is not very long (1 hour, 27 minutes), but within that time, it turns out to be impressive and charming. Wes Anderson's ''Fantastic Mr Fox'' may not be very great, but however, it's brilliantly made and great as a family movie.

3.5 out of 5