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| A fresh and playful poster with some main characters from Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox |
Mr. Fox's son is an awful sports-fox and overlooked by his father, who is more attentive to his resuming of his own old mentality as a sly robber. Which gets him into troubles.
Fantastic Mr. Fox is the 6th feature from Texas master co-writer-director Wes Anderson (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)), co-written with Noah Baumbach (Frances Ha (2012)) and based on the same-titled children's book by Roald Dahl (The Twits (1980)).
It is a stop motion animation with exceptionally looking dolls and visuals that are generally a knock-out. The film also has lovely music. But for me it is hard to engage myself emotionally in these quirky doll animals that sport Anderson's trademark dry wit throughout. The quirky indie-cuteness of the entire 'scheme' is on overwork in Fantastic Mr. Fox as seen from my perspective, and it remains Anderson's slightest film in my book.
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Watch an official trailer for the film here
Cost: 40 mil. $
Box office: 46.4 mil. $
= Big flop
[Fantastic Mr. Fox premiered 14 October (London Film Festival) and runs 86 minutes. Development began in 2004 at the later defunct Revolution Studios with Anderson and Henry Selick, who later exited to commit to (the much better) Coraline (2009). Cate Blanchett was also committed to voice a character but dropped out. Fantastic Mr. Fox is Anderson's only adaptation and animation to date. Animation was captured in the Three Mills Studio in London, while Anderson captured the star-studded voice performances outside of a studio; reportedly in a forest, an attic, a stable and underground. The film opened #24 in 4 theaters, a fierce 66k $ per theater average, to a 265k $ first weekend in North America, where it peaked at #9 on 2,033 screens and grossed 21 mil. $ (45.3 % of the total gross). The film's 2nd and 3rd biggest markets were Dahl's native UK with 14.3 mil. $ (30.9 %) and Australia with 3.4 mil. $ (7.3 %). The film was nominated for 2 Oscars: Best Score (Alexandre Desplat) - lost to Michael Giacchino for Up, - and Best Animation - also lost to Pete Docter's Up. The film was also nominated for 2 Golden Globes, a BAFTA, won a National Board of Review award and many more. Fantastic Mr. Fox is certified fresh at 92 % with a 7.9 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]
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