The Boxtrolls
Based on the children novel Here be Monsters by Alan Snow, the story is about a young orphaned boy named Eggs raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors who tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator, the towns villain, Archibald Snatcher. When Snatcher comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls. Eggs decides to venture above ground and into the light, where he meets and teams up with fabulously feisty Winnie. Together, they devise a daring plan to save The BoxTrolls family.
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April 13, 2015
A delightful film that provides a kid-friendly story at the expense of dark realism.
September 26, 2014
There are many more delighted 'Ewwws' than too-easy 'Awws' in this charming, if a tad cynical, feature from the creators of Coraline and ParaNorman.
September 26, 2014
It's a wonderful world, full of Rube Goldberg contraptions below and colorful Dickensian squalor and excess above.
February 01, 2015
Stuffed full of quirky details, bizarre characters and cockeyed humour.
September 20, 2016
The Boxtrolls is a thoroughly enjoyable movie that I already have plans to see a second time.
September 26, 2014
The Boxtrolls represents the best animated movie to reach theater screens since The Lego Movie exploded on the scene in February.
September 26, 2014
It's a world that runs in a parallel universe akin to that of Charles Dickens, with creatively named characters involved in seemingly outlandish adventures in a Victorian-era city where a moral or two plays out in the end.
March 12, 2016
Laika's technical implementation is exquisite, in what is their most complex undertaking yet.
September 26, 2014
Without being didactic, "The Boxtrolls" presents the dangers of a hierarchical society, separated out into high-status and low, and also has some very interesting and moving things to say about identity, family, and morality.
January 24, 2015
In a weak year for feature-length animated films, "The Boxtrolls" was clearly the best in my estimation. That doesn't sound like much of a recommendation, but it truly is.
September 26, 2014
It's a felt, funny, bracingly sincere kids' movie. And even more refreshing, it takes as a theme our social fixation with waste, salvage and repackaging.
