Hollywood productions of Roald Dahl books have always been a bit of a mixed bag. Both adaptations of “Charlie and the Chocolate factory”, the 1971 version made as Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory are fairly divergent from the source material and fairly average films. The stop motion animated James and the Giant Peach under Nightmare Before Christmas director Henry Selick fared better, but has just been bested considerably by The Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Mr. Fox (whom is actually a Fox – voiced by George Clooney) lives in a hole in the ground, but wants to better his life and those of his wife (voiced by Meryl Streep) and son, Ash (voiced by Jason Schwartzman). So, from under the ground, the family re-house themselves in a tree, but Mr. Fox’s predilection for stealing (and eating) chickens owned by local farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean (three of the meanest farmers in the valley), make the family a target and a fight for their life soon begins.



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