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The Boxtrolls
Feeling grateful for the Boxtrolls people, who have been raised him, a young orphan boy named Eggs, does his best in order to save the lives of his people from the extermination of the evil villain Archibald Snatcher, who does his best, in order to get rid of them all, but he faces Eggs plans that destroy all his works.
9 April 1999, England, UK
April 29, 1960 in Santa Monica, California, USA
25 December 1960, London, England, UK
31 December 1962, Hockley, England, UK
13 July 1962, East Syracuse, New York, USA
2 March 1952, Los Angeles, California, USA
17 September 1963, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
14 February 1970, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, UK
1 November 1972, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
31 August 1962, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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.
September 26, 2014
The Boxtrolls represents the best animated movie to reach theater screens since The Lego Movie exploded on the scene in February.
March 12, 2016
Laika's technical implementation is exquisite, in what is their most complex undertaking yet.
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.
April 13, 2015
A delightful film that provides a kid-friendly story at the expense of dark realism.
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 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.
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 20, 2016
The Boxtrolls is a thoroughly enjoyable movie that I already have plans to see a second time.
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.
