We were sent ‘The Fantastic Mr Fox’ on DVD a couple of weeks back for us to review. Now frankly I’ll watch anything with George Clooney in – even if it’s just his voice and Lily’s studying Roald Dahl at school at the moment, so this was the ideal film to send us.
Here’s Lily’s view on the film:
‘My favourite bit was the electric fence. And it was Fantastic of course. The Rat security guards who look after the cider were fighty. My friends liked the motorcar jumping the tower (ed I have no idea what she’s talking about!) And I’d give it 10/10′
My thoughts are that despite it being an international cast, which I thought might be a bit odd as it’s a British story set in the British countryside. It was actually done very well more like an Oceans 11 for kids. The animation looked at least like the old fashion ‘stop’ animation which I always thinks brings depth and realism – but that might just be me being old fashioned!
Apart from the film which is very good, more entertaining from an adult persepctive was the ‘Making of’ film that was with it. It looked behind the scenes at Wes Anderson effectively making a film with George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson and then they just animated what the actors had done, which was just brilliant.
So if your looking for a kids film that adults can watch without being bored then this is a good one. All in all I give it an 8/10.
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I took Maxi and my neice to the cinema to see it and they both loved it and were singing Bogus,. Bunce and Bean for weeks. We are going to get it on DVD for mini to see. I liked the soundtrack, but then I like Jarvis!!
Plus I am a big RD fan anyway and so looking forward to starting to read them with both the boys soon.
I’m so pleased you enjoyed it too, I thought it was really entertaining and such a shame we missed it at the cinema. The soundtrack was ace
hi roald dahl we love your books
thankyou for being so nice and wrighting your books for us
I love Fantastic Mr Fox!! I actually saw it three times at the cinema (no kids even involved as an excuse!!) I know what she means on the motorcar jumping the tower – its when they escape in the motorbike and sidecar from the farm at the end. (I’m so sad!!)