The Boxtrolls
Taste attributes: animationcomedyfamilyfantasyadventurefastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarylinearglossybig & variedcomplex relationshipunlikely connections
"When troubles strikes friends stack together"
Boxlist takeA good-natured, accessible animated family film: glossy and fantastical. Best if you like warmth over edge.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
- Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury
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Synopsis
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.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Animation
- Year
- 2014
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Laika Entertainment
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
