The Fantastic Mr. Fox

one of my favorite movies, animated/stop motion or not! a wonderful adaptation of a wonderful book, the scenes are so beautiful and the characters have depth, a movie I'm glad I've bought.

Good movie for everyone.

Interesting... artsy. Lots of celebrity voices you'll recognize. Some adult themes, but in my opinion good for 10 years and up. We have a 'boys club house' and it has a DVD player - so I stock a few classics and I liked this one. Having said all of this, I never hesitate to update my reviews should new info seem useful. All of my reviews reflect my honest, personal experience with the reviewed item - your experience may be different. I am not influenced by any outside source. I receive/accept NO free products or discounts that are not available to all shoppers- ever. I am a verified purchaser - not a compensated reviewer. I have been doing honest, trustworthy reviews for well over 25 years with Amazon - posting thousands and thousands of reviews - which have been viewed over 8.2 million times to date. I am NOT a fake reviewer. BOTTOM LINE: I pay for ALL my stuff, just like you do - with hard earned dollars!

This is a great family movie. Me and my kids both enjoyed it very funny great captioning great everything about it. We really laughed a lot. Great shipping and packaging as well.

love! fav movie!

Very clever retelling of the Roald Dahl book. Family friendly for many age groups but skews a bit older.

Wes Anderson’s animation debut translates his distinctive visual style to stop-motion with remarkable success. The film expands Roald Dahl’s brief children’s book substantially while preserving its darker undercurrents—a balance most adaptations fail to achieve. The production design relies on tangible materials—real miniature trees, actual sand, authentic textures—creating environments computer animation cannot replicate convincingly. Anderson’s deliberate autumnal palette, with orange appearing in every frame, provides seasonal warmth without sentimentality. The stop-motion work proves fluid and expressive, character movements conveying as much personality as voice performances. Clooney brings calibrated charm to Mr. Fox while Streep grounds the fantastical elements through restraint. The supporting cast inhabits their roles completely, aided by Anderson’s choice to record voices outdoors rather than in sterile studios, adding spontaneity typically absent from animation. What distinguishes this from typical family fare is Anderson’s exploration of existential themes through talking animals. Mr. Fox’s crisis over domesticity versus instinct resonates without becoming didactic, and the film acknowledges genuine consequences rather than easy redemption. The anachronistic 1970s aesthetic serves the material perfectly, creating nostalgic comfort while avoiding desperate contemporaneity that dates most animated films immediately. Underrated upon release, it has rightfully gained recognition as exceptional Dahl adaptation and proof Anderson’s sensibility transcends format. A fall favorite for good reason.

My rating is more of a 4.5 Thanks for reading! I was thoroughly prepared to enjoy this film before even putting it on. It's weird to look back on a life and realize how much of it is astoundingly blurry. To have no memorable relationships. To feel slighted by tragedy. To not now simmer in the joy that is often expected with nostalgia. When it comes to novels, however, the recollections are of a stark contrast in terms of clarity. I remember the first book I ever read (𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆'𝒔 𝑾𝒆𝒃). The first book I ever owned (𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒓𝒆𝒆). The first book I ever loved. The first author I felt connected with. 𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑴𝒓. 𝑭𝒐𝒙 (2009) Is only one of the many books from Roald Dahls’ collections that has given me comfort when it was needed the most. To push play, for me, is like bumping into an old friend. . . . There is not enough to be sad about the meticulous attention to detail taken in the animation and cinematography Department; a total of 535 different puppets were constructed for the movie and it is perhaps even more surprising to know that the model for Mr.Fox took approximately 7 months to design (and 6 different ones had to be made). This dedication - brutal, and risky - more than pays off as it captures the essence of imagination and creativity needed when appealing to even the youngest of audience members. Enhancing the puppets with fur from their real-life animal counterparts in addition to a profoundly conscious attention to detail makes every frame a real treat for the eyes (I paused this film so much just to take it in!). The set design - a mix of colors associated with autumn, the great outdoors, and Dahl’s own hometown - an open invitation delivered with warmth and infused with passion for the defiantly absurd. It’s of no doubt that the target audiences for Dahl and Anderson have their significant differences.Sure, an adult is perfectly capable of finding enjoyment out of the sentimentally wrapped source material: But 90 pages worth of a fox outsmarting a trio of scroogey stooges can only go so far. A prosperous marriage of masterminds: Anderson Illustrates his ability to construct a film that is appropriate for the family that won’t lull its older viewers to sleep. It calls back regularly to Dahl’s style of humor and wit through dialogue that jabs without bruising. While it is fair to say that at times the interactions between characters are wildly opportunistic, the ironic and spontaneous jests are highly preferable to space that is empty and disproportionality pretentious. And just so I know I said it: substituting a pseudonym for foul language isn’t just a practical move. It’s cussing brilliance. The divergence from the source material is hard to ignore, but the context in which Mr. Fox was originally created is largely to blame for Dahl’s unique vision; having lost a child to measles and witnessing another one be affected by “water on the brain” it should be of no surprise that ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ places exclusionary interest on its primary protagonist that is burdened by the responsibilities of protecting his immediate family and ensuring its survival. The paradigm involving paternal roles and related values is a commonly explored vein in much of Anderson's work, so it's only natural to see some gravitation towards this particular story from Dahl's entire collection; the inclusion of a dynamic that differs from the source material (one involving Mr. Foxs’ son ‘Ash’ and a visiting relative) allows for some much appreciated elaboration on the themes found in both ‘FMF’ and other publications that aren’t so willingly adapted for the purposes of cinematic entertainment or distraction in an unexpectedly emotional way. Through Mr. Fox we see some potential for change (and the importance of recognizing our own faults). The rift between him and his quirky misfit of a son (‘Ash’) is depleted in an authentic and heart-felt manner. And of course there is a gentle reminder that life goes on: With or without our enthusiastic participation. Alterations to classics are understandably met with pushback - but when made with responsibility and adoration they can be accepted as the inevitable result of modernization and time passing by with little regard for what gets taken away with it; this adaptation stretches the content of the novel it’s inspired by without breaking its spine or depreciating its value. I would recommend! 𝑾𝒆'𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 [𝑯𝒊𝒎 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚] 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆?

De las mejores compras que he realizado

Came on time! Amazing movie and I will cherish it in my library for a good long while!

Ho scoperto questo film per puro caso e devo dire che, già dopo 10 minuti che lo guardavo, mi è piaciuto un sacco. Le animazioni sono veramente belle e la tecnica usata (stop motion) contribuisce a dare un tocco di realismo che rende il tutto ancora più bello! A livello di trama è sicuramente migliore anche di alcuni film Disney (sicuramente batte Zootropolis, anch’esso un gran bel capolavoro). Ho apprezzato molto la caratterizzazione dei personaggi (in particolar modo ho apprezzato Ash, il figlio scontroso di Mr Fox). Secondo me questo film è fatto più per gli adulti che per i bambini anche perché sono presenti sparatorie e combattimenti. Per concludere: consiglio vivamente questo film a tutti gli appassionati di animazione!

Parfaite état et super filme 😉

5 stars for a great movie , bought this for my 7 year old son .. I have read the book to my son and he really enjoyed it . we have also watched fantastic mr fox on sky movies box office a bit a go and my son really enjoyed that .. so i bought the DVD for him .. such hard work and great detail has gone into making this movie , the actors voices match there characters , even though they are American actors doing the characters voices , that does not matter .. its such a excellent story and quite humorous & funny in places , great for children and adults .. this DVD has been watched quite a few times already in our house even though we've only had it 3 days .. great choice for anyone , the movie is slightly different from the book , but as i said before that does not matter .. if you like roald Dahl you will love this DVD .. the DVD can also be transferred to your ipod which is great .. so you can take Mr fox and his family anywhere with you ..