Fantastic Mr. Fox

Finally finishing Wes Anderson’s filmography, I decided that I would rent Fantastic Mr. Fox. I watched it in the movie theatre when it initially came out, however, honestly, I didn’t remember any of it. So, I finally rented it and put it on, and what a ride. The movie is really fun, I’ve never read the Roald Dahl novel, but that really didn’t bother me. Being a children’s movie, the plot was whimsical and fun, but it also had some very prominent adult themes. Being a fox in a world straight out of a fairy tale, but also being able to add in the element of a mundane average life being flipped on its head is really what this film is. Being Wes Anderson’s first animated feature, it’s easy to see how he translates his typical visual style into the animated medium. The voice acting is great and the plot makes for a fun take on the heist format. Still, somehow, all of that doesn’t help the movie from some of my big problems with it. Although the plot is fun, I felt that some of the emotional beats didn’t work, I have noticed that this has somehow become one of my largest problems with Wes Anderson’t movies. Some of the character arcs didn’t come to the right conclusion either, and being a fan of strong characters, this did annoy me, as the characters were great at the beginning. But cuss it, the movie was a lot of fun, and I’m really glad I watched it. 8.7/10