Fantastic Mr. Fox

Like Where The Wild Things Are, it screams "Indie Director" in every choppy stop-motion frame. Like Where The Wild Things Are, I can't imagine any kid liking it. Unlike Where The Wild Things Are, it's actually a good movie and genuinely funny. So yeah.

And regardless of the fact that I doubt little kids would like it, unlike Isle Of Dogs, it's still pretty much all-ages material anyways.

That being said, the funniest joke was still Mr. Fox describing Rat being "Another dead Rat in the trash behind a Chinese restaurant."

Normally, I despise the fact that animated films use celebrities in the voice roles, but Wes Anderson used the fact that none of the cast exactly have the right voices for cartoon characters to his advantage. The fact that the puppets sound like real people sort of makes the film even MORE quirky than if Anderson had been dumb enough to hire a bunch of broad comedians less talented than Bill Murray.

I almost threw up my hands at the dancing at the end (I HATE animated dance parties ending scenes) but I recall Rushmore ended on a dance as well, and this movie may have occurred before they became such a cliche, so maybe I should be less mad.

The "cuss" running gag is terrific. I'm wondering why more kids movies don't use fake swears.

The movie itself is almost as charming as George Clooney as Mr. Fox. ****.