The Boxtrolls
- 2014
- US
- 1h 37min
- PG
- Directed by: Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi
- Cast: Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Ben Kingsley, Elle Fanning, Toni Collette, Jared Harris, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade, Tracy Morgan
- UK release: 12 September 2014
- Website: www.theboxtrolls.com
Eggs (Hempstead-Wright) lives underground with a family of Boxtrolls, marginalised creatures who make their home from rubbish. But then the trolls are hunted by a group of exterminators, led by the grotesque Snatcher (Kingsley). Adventurous, intense and sometimes disturbing animated movie, with plenty to keep adults occupied; whether kids will respond is another question.
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The Boxtrolls
8 Sep 2014
Ben Kingsley and Elle Fanning add their voices to a smart, surprisingly dark animation
Billed as ‘from the makers of Coraline and ParaNorman’, The Boxtrolls is a weird, wonderful stop-motion and CG hybrid animation based on the novel Here Be Monsters! by Alan Snow. Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi’s film isn’t innocuous knockabout fun…
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