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The Boxtrolls

"When troubles strikes friends stack together."

2014-09-10 Animation 1hr 37m

An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.

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An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.

  • Released
    2014-09-10
  • Revenue
    $108,255,770
  • Budget
    $60,000,000
  • Runtime
    1hr 37m
  • Genre
    Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    6.8
  • Production
    Laika

Crew

Graham Annable
Director
Irena Brignull
Screenplay
Travis Knight
Producer
Keywords:
based on novel or book parent child relationship stop motion unlikely friendship duringcreditsstinger

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Cast

Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley
Archibald Snatcher (voice)
Isaac Hempstead Wright

Isaac Hempstead Wright
Eggs (voice)
Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning
Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker

Dee Bradley Baker
Fish / Wheels / Bucket (voice)
Toni Collette

Toni Collette
Lady Cynthia Portley-Rind (voice)
Jared Harris

Jared Harris
Lord Portley-Rind (voice)
Nick Frost

Nick Frost
Mr. Trout (voice)
Richard Ayoade

Richard Ayoade
Mr. Pickles (voice)
Tracy Morgan

Tracy Morgan
Mr. Gristle (voice)
Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg
Herbert Trubshaw (voice)
Nika Futterman

Nika Futterman
Oil Can / Knickers (voice)
Pat Fraley

Pat Fraley
Fragile / Sweets (voice)
Fred Tatasciore

Fred Tatasciore
Clocks / Specs (voice)
Maurice LaMarche

Maurice LaMarche
Sir Langsdale (voice)
James Urbaniak

James Urbaniak
Sir Broderick / Male Workman 1 / Male Workman 2 (voice)
Brian George

Brian George
Boulanger / Male Aristocrat (voice)
Lori Tritel

Lori Tritel
Female Aristocrat (voice)
Steve Blum

Steve Blum
Shoe / Sparky (voice)
Laraine Newman

Laraine Newman
Female Townsfolk 1 / Female Townsfolk 2 (voice)
Reckless Jack

Reckless Jack
Background Boy (voice)
Max Mitchell

Max Mitchell
Baby Eggs (voice)

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Movie Reviews

Reviews for The Boxtrolls
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A Review by r96sk 6

Written by r96sk on 2020-10-19

<em>'The Boxtrolls'</em> has parts that I like, but overall I found it slow-moving. I enjoyed the Boxtrolls themselves, I like how they l... read more

<em>'The Boxtrolls'</em> has parts that I like, but overall I found it slow-moving. I enjoyed the Boxtrolls themselves, I like how they look and come across. Archibald (Ben Kingsley) and bodyguards, Messrs Trout (Nick Frost) and Pickles (Richard Ayoade), are good, as is the casting of Jared Harris as Lord Charles Portley-Rind. With that said, I liked them individually rather than as a group. Frost and Ayoade being the key examples, despite being two of the same character I never felt a connection between them. Elsewhere, I rate Isaac Hempstead Wright and Elle Fanning as actors, but I don't feel like their voices suit the respective roles of Eggs and Winnie. The stop-motion animation is strong, but I just feel the plot is brought to life in a sluggish manner; the ending particularly felt dragged out to me. All in all, it's an average film in my eyes.

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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2022-11-21

"Snatcher" is determined to get himself a white hat! Why? Well that symbolises his membership of the town's elite - and it gets him to the t... read more

"Snatcher" is determined to get himself a white hat! Why? Well that symbolises his membership of the town's elite - and it gets him to the table for the cheese tasting, and boy does he like cheese - even if it doesn't particularly like him! The scornful "Lord Portley-Rind", though, is having none of this - until, that is, he is promised that they will be rid of the evil, menacing, baby-stealing box trolls. OK, he has a deal - and together with his three henchmen starts apprehending these curious nocturnal creatures. Are they really the danger he purports, though? After one raid, we escape with "Eggs" and "Fish" down into the subterranean cavern where they live. They are a community, looking out for one and other and living the lives of box-clad "Wombles" - recycling as they go. It turns out too that "Eggs" isn't really a troll, but maybe he is the now grown-up missing infant (and maybe also a stunt double for Nicholas Hoult, too)? What now ensues is a lively and entertaining battle of wills between the exterminators and the rapidly diminishing number of trolls who have to find a way to fight back and expose "Snatcher" who has a curious doppelgänger. Whilst the story isn't really anything new, the stop-motion animation is intricate and colourful with some really engaging characterisations extolling virtues of loyalty and friendship, a tiny hint of a romance that delivers a steadily paced and scored presentation. Good fun!

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A Review by r96sk

<em>'The Boxtrolls'</em> has parts that I like, but overall I found it slow-moving. I enjoyed the Boxtrolls themselves, I like how they look and come across. Archibald (Ben Kingsley) and bodyguards, Messrs Trout (Nick Frost) and Pickles ...

reviewer avatar

A Review by r96sk 6

Written by r96sk on 2020-10-19

<em>'The Boxtrolls'</em> has parts that I like, but overall I found it slow-moving. I enjoyed the Boxtrolls themselves, I like how they look and come across. Archibald (Ben Kingsley) and bodyguards...

read more
reviewer avatar

A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2022-11-21

"Snatcher" is determined to get himself a white hat! Why? Well that symbolises his membership of the town's elite - and it gets him to the table for the cheese tasting, and boy does he like cheese - e...

read more