Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett

A crafty fox finds himself and his family targeted for death by the three dumb, plug-ugly farmers who tire of sharing their chickens with the critter.

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41,874 ratings

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91% liked it

93 critics

PG, 1 hr. 27 min.

Directed by: Wes Anderson

Release Date: November 25, 2009

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November 13, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today

These weirdly effective shifts in tempo, combined with an attention to detail and distinctive dialogue, make for the best moments in this offbeat adventure. full review

November 13, 2009
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

Life is full of surprises. The best one I've had in a good while is Fantastic Mr. Fox. full review

November 13, 2009
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Fantastic Mr. Fox, which Mr. Anderson wrote with Noah Baumbach, and which he has been hoping to make for many years, is in some ways his most fully realized and satisfying film. full review

November 12, 2009
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

An adventure in pure imagination that plays to the smart kid in all of us. full review

November 12, 2009
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

Fantastic Mr. Fox is possibly the finest picture about family, community and poultry thievery ever made. full review

November 11, 2009
Armond White, The New York Press

Fantastic Mr. Fox renews one's sense of animation's possibilities. full review

November 11, 2009
Marcy Dermansky, About.com

Cinema-candy for grown-ups. I left the screening room thinking, I want to see this movie again. full review

November 9, 2009
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

Anderson prizes the funny over the profound to an extent that keeps the proceedings a tad too light and jovial to register as anything more than a lightweight aside to his more acute, earnest work. full review

November 9, 2009
David Edelstein, New York Magazine

The additions are okay; but it's the look that keeps you buoyed up, your eyes roaming the frames, laughing in surprise at the visual jokes and flourishes and textures. It's a dandy's movie, but that a... full review

October 16, 2009
Pete Hammond, Boxoffice Magazine

Fantastic Mr. Fox is indeed fantastic in every way. full review

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