You won't be disappointed!

Let's be realistic.

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

I did not catch Boxtrolls when it was in theaters, but I did rent it without any expectations and enjoyed it. Stop motion animation and clever characters, plus relatable themes all combined for a neat little package. And a lot of good voices too, some from old TV shows. It may be a little scary for the youngsters but I got over my fears of movie monsters years ago and I still liked the movie. It didn't scare me at all. It's like one of those paintings with weird and unusual creatures dominating center stage. Now that it's 2018 I don't know if I remember a lot. But it was fun!

colorful, didactic, seductive, exploration of an universe who is ours in each detail, adventure and touching lessons, it is the perfect choice for a large public. sure, it is far to be surprising but it has the virtue to remind in smart manner, old truths in the right manner. and this is the most important detail. because it is a kind of holiday with deep roots who impose a different perspective to the ordinary reality. result - a kind of parable about social differences, love, happiness and friendship, desires and selfishness.and this does Boxtrolls perfect choice for a comfortable afternoon. because it is a nice work who has not exactly the desire to demonstrate a thesis but remind its essence.

This movie is many many things. One of my favorite stop-motion movies of all time I dare say. The humour is just about dark enough to attract elderly personalities such as myself.Who is the true villain?Who is the true hero?Just go, see it, watch. Watch. With whomever! Big or small, rich or tall?IT DOES NOT MATTER. You WILL enjoy what you see. If not, well... there is pity to be had for you somewhere I'm sure. But not here. Oh no.Now go. Leave this page go buy the film.Do it now.

I viewed this on DVD from my public library. It has a number of interesting extras on the DVD, and a couple of time-lapse shots of an animator sequentially moving the claymation figures to generate an animated sequence.When I initially tried to watch this I turned it off after maybe 10 or 12 minutes. It was too ugly and dark to be fun. A few days later I tried again and it really picks up after 15 or 16 minutes when the story gets above ground again.It is a strange fantasy city where an ogre of a man and his helpers have convinced the general population that the Boxtrolls are monsters, they kidnap and eat children, citing the disappearance some 10 or so years earlier of a baby. The Boxtrolls are sort of like Hermit crabs, taking a discarded shell for their homes. But these discarded shells are cardboard boxes, and each gets his name from what was in the box originally, like "Eggs" or "Fish." They live underground and come out at night to collect items that have been discarded and make things with them. And in fact, the boy called Eggs, now about 10, was raised by the Boxtrolls because the boy's father, afraid the ogre would kill him, asked them to take him. When Eggs finally dresses like a normal boy and goes above ground, he finds out the lies being told about the Boxtrolls and helps to make things right.The movie is filled with fine voice actors, and I will mention three. Ben Kingsley is the main bad guy, Archibald Snatcher, who loves cheese but has an allergy and a very bad reaction (swelling of hands, feet, face) when he eats even a tiny bit. Newcomer Isaac Hempstead Wright is the boy, Eggs. And Elle Fanning is the girl Winnie, who starts out as a spoiled rich girl but ends up helping Eggs.This doesn't seem to be an animated movie for kids, in fact it may be hard to state what the target audience is, but it is interesting especially for the great job they did with the animation. However it will never become one of my favorite animated movies.