Fantastic Mr. Fox: A

Some films simply set themselves apart and win you over. Wes Anderson's charmingly animated tale "Fantastic Mr. Fox" is just such a film. It appeals to your head with its technical craftsmanship and intelligence, but it appeals to the heart by highlighting real universal themes that will strike a chord with adults and children. That said this isn't a film that will appeal to everyone. It is obstinately a creature all its own, and it stubbornly celebrates its quirks and idiosyncracies.

Based on a somewhat obscure story by Roald Dahl, "Fantastic Mr. Fox" follows a family of foxes led by a somewhat irasciable patriarch voiced by George Clooney.
Mister Fox is a chicken thief. In his specialized world of hen thievery, Mister Fox knows no equal. But when his wife announces she's pregnant, she urges him to find a less dangerous line of work so he can provide for their family. Naturally he becomes a newspaper columnist for his little corner of the animal kingdom.

Mister Fox is not content to raise his son in the family foxhole for long. He longs for a walk back on the wild side. And he plans one last big score by hitting the big three- three huge mean mega farmers just over the valley.
But that decision puts his entire family in jeopardy.

The stop motion animation is a thing of beauty. In a world where cgi is used to solve everything, this painstaking process is a real joy to watch and provides plenty of great gags. It also does the near impossible, it makes Latin actually seem like fun.

Anderson relies on many of his usual cast of characters who turn up in small roles, including Jason Schwartzman as Fox's son who has trouble living in his larger than life dad's shadow, Bill Murray as a badger lawyer, Owen Wilson as the school's coach for a game that looks like some form of cricket, and Wilem Dafoe as a hilariously evil finger snapping french rat

I loved everything about this film. From the opening scene, with the snappily dressed mister fox in dress slacks and a shirt doing warm ups to the terrific soundtrack and joyful conclusion, this film won me over heart and soul.
and I laughed more in the first five minutes of this wonderful movie
than I did in the entire running time of some other films

Fantastic Mr. Fox: A