Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox

Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox

Rating: ****

Nonna's Rating: $$$

Rotten Tomatoes: 92%

Fantastic Mr. Fox, the much praised stop-motion film based on the Roald Dahl story for children, is a delight from beginning to end. I took my almost 12-year-old and definitely 5-year-old grandsons to see it and they both gave it thumbs up -- as do I. It's fast-paced and witty and features the voices of George Clooney and Meryl Streep (it made me want to see them play against each other in a "real" movie). More than anything else, the movie is full of whimsy -- and not many movies can make that wonderful claim. It simply delights with its burnished fall palette - oranges and dark reds and browns. The only green and blue I noticed were the eyes of Mr. and Mrs. Fox. And Wes Anderson, the director, to his credit didn't shy away from the more bloody aspects of being a fox in a world of chickens and ducks. If you have children, purchase this film when it appears on DVD. They'll love it over and over.

Nonna's Ratings:

$$$$ = Worth paying the Friday evening price
$$$= Worth paying the Matinee price
$$= Worth a rental
$ = Wait for cable
# = Skip it