Fantastic Mr. Fox
Just as the name would have you believe, Fantastic Mr. Fox is indeed fantastic (could I have started off anymore cliché?) We don’t get too many stop-motion films anymore, which is a shame, but this one completely makes up for that. The visuals in this film are simply awesome. They’re quirky as hell and different from other stop-motion films, but provide a welcome addition to the movie rather than taking away from it. Definitely retro on purpose without being snobbish…if that makes sense at all. The dialog is very calm without a lot of tonal differentiation and the humor is very dry, but this is what makes the movie so great and also makes a perfect roll for George Clooney. And this film would not have worked at all any other way.
I actually never read the children’s book when I was a child–which now that I think about it, is a little weird–so I can’t really compare to that or speak for how it holds up to my childhood memories of the story, but there’s a lot to like here. Recommended.
Rating: A-
i heard that they didnt just come in to record the voices but actually acted it out while mic-ed. if the scene took place under a tree, they were literally under a tree.
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