Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Parental Guidance
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5039036043540
Format: Anamorphic, Colour, PAL, Widescreen
Label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishAudio Description
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Region Code: 2
Release Date: March 01, 2010
Running Time: 84 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2009

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
The visually ravishing animated movie Fantastic Mr. Fox follows a fox, voiced by George Clooney and dressed in a natty brown corduroy suit, as he cheerfully and recklessly takes his thieving ways a little too far and brings down the wrath of some sour-faced poultry farmers on his family and friends. Based on a book by children's author Roald Dahl (who wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach), the movie is the work of Wes Anderson (writer-director of Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums), who expanded and elaborated on the original story; the combination is inspired. Anderson's sensibility--his fondness for meticulous compositions, coordinated colors, and narrative filigree--can sometimes seem finicky and stiff in live-action movies, but it's exquisitely suited to the painstaking art of stop-motion animation. Every corner of the screen crackles with visual invention and whimsical humor. The top-notch vocal cast (which also features Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Michael Gambon, Owen Wilson, and others) create vivid personalities that perfectly mesh with the movie's lush colors and luscious textures. Fantastic Mr. Fox is an off-beat gem, a giddy mix of adult emotional issues, wild animal behaviour, and childlike delight.--Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com



Stills from Fantastic Mr Fox (click for more from the stars)

George Clooney	Meryl Streep	Jason Schwartzman
Michael Gambon	Owen Wilson	Willem Dafoe
Wally Wolodarsky

Rating: - Interesting, but ultimately disappointing
I am an avid fan of interesting and innovative animation, and when I heard there was to be a Fantastic Mr. Fox film made using stop motion I couldn't help but be excited. After seeing the trailers, however, my heart sank. The story seemed so different, it was so americanized and the animation seemed poor rather than deliberately juvenile. It was with trepidation that I watched this film, and in some ways my fears were realized.
As you probably have read, the story is quite different from the ... Read More

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Rating: - Surreal and creepy.
I know I'm going against popular opinion here but I just didn't like this. The whole film was incredibly surreal and the animation seriously creeped me out, particularly the human puppets. Though I have read The Fantastic Mr Fox it was between 15 and 20 years ago and I struggled to recognise any of the plot. Everything seemed to move along at a slightly disjointed pace and after only 12 minutes I'd have sworn I'd been watching it for half an hour.

It has a very impressive voice cast ... Read More

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Rating: - Brilliant, funny and bears repeat watching!
OK, first of all, I had never read the book before I saw the film, so I saw this film without any preconceptions. This film is loved by my 5 and 2 year old daughters, so I have probably seen it 50 times (and more), and I can honestly say I still enjoy it!!The characters are brilliant and there is constant humour in the script and visual play. George Clooney is perfect as Mr Fox and the cameos by Willem Dafoe (Its ma Ja-o-o-ob) as the psychotic rat and Jarvis Cocker as Petey, victim of a brilliant put ... Read More

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Rating: - Dire
That's the only comment I can make. I saw this in the cinema and came out thinking I had seen The Royal Tenanbaums masquerading as characters from one of my favourite childhood books. The visual effects were good but the plot was dreadful, a complete abuse of the characters in one of Dahl's best books.

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Rating: - cussing brilliant
I know a few people who have seen this film and not liked it - people I expected to love it. I suppose I can understand why they didn't like it; if they went into the film expecting Roald Dahl story, they got something different. To a large degree this is the Roald Dahl story we all love, but it is also very much a Wes Anderson film. If you haven't seen a Wes Anderson film, but are interested in seeing this, then expect proud dysfunctional families and oddball humour. This is a film for adults (for example, ... Read More

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