Review - The Fantastic Mr. Fox

What a treat it was to go out to a movie and have it not suck for a change. I was particularly taken with the animation. Sure, it’s choppy throughout and awkward in spots. But it’s funny how even as stiff as it can be, it still has a thousand times more warmth and personality than the most elaborate, expensive, dead-eyed computer version of reality. Sadly, somewhere around act three the plot loses focus. They’ve done a wonderful job with the modern update of the battle between psychotic farmers, a clever fox and his woodland pals. But they run out of clever plot twists after awhile, and they start adding new elements that prolong the running time more than advancing the story or developing the characters. Still, the whole thing is so endearing that it’s easy to forgive a few minor miscues. Worth seeing