The Boxtrolls

2014

1h 37m

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6.7/10

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An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.

Directors

Graham Annable

Anthony Stacchi

Writers

Alan Snow(novel by)

Irena Brignull(screenplay by)

Adam Pava(screenplay by)

Stars

Ben Kingsley

Isaac Hempstead Wright

Elle Fanning

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Top cast

Ben Kingsley

Snatcher (voice)

Isaac Hempstead Wright

Eggs (voice)

Elle Fanning

Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)

Dee Bradley Baker

Fish …

Toni Collette

Lady Cynthia Portley-Rind (voice)

Jared Harris

Lord Portley-Rind (voice)

Mr. Trout (voice)

Mr. Pickles (voice)

Mr. Gristle (voice)

Herbert Trubshaw (voice)

Oil Can …

Fragile …

Clocks …

Sir Langsdale (voice)

James Urbaniak

Sir Broderick …

Brian George

Boulanger …

Lori Tritel

Female Aristocrat 1 (voice)

Steve Blum

Shoe …

Directors

Graham Annable

Anthony Stacchi

Writers

Alan Snow(novel by)

Irena Brignull(screenplay by)

Adam Pava(screenplay by)

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<em>'The Boxtrolls'</em> has parts that I like, but overall I found it slow-moving. I enjoyed the Boxtrolls themselves, I like how they look and come across. Archibald (Ben Kingsley) and bodyguards, Messrs Trout (Nick Frost) and Pickles (Richard Ayoade), are good, as is the casting of Jared Harris as Lord Charles Portley-Rind. With that said, I liked them individually rather than as a group. Frost and Ayoade being the key examples, despite being two of the same character I never felt a connection between them. Elsewhere, I rate Isaac Hempstead Wright and Elle Fanning as actors, but I don't feel like their voices suit the respective roles of Eggs and Winnie. The stop-motion animation is strong, but I just feel the plot is brought to life in a sluggish manner; the ending particularly felt dragged out to me. All in all, it's an average film in my eyes.

r96sk19 Oct, 2020