Boring Mr. Fox

Rating: 2/10 (24 September 2016)

I only gave it two stars because they did a decent job with the animation. I won't compare it with the Roald Dahl book which I never read, but it doesn't make a difference, The movie was charmless and so bland and boring I bailed after twenty minutes. I doubt even little kids would enjoy this.
So what happens? Mr. and Mrs. Fox are at a farm, first conversing, then stealing a squab from it. Then Mr. Fox sees a trap and gets curious and ends up trapping himself and his wife in it. Then all of a sudden, two years pass (no explanation of how they got out of the trap) and they have an adolescent son, then they have a young cousin visit when his father is ill. In the meantime, Mr. Fox got a job in the newspapers and they move from their old hole into a tree home, even though they are located near disreputable farmers.
My description makes the movie sound more interesting than it actually was. Where there should have been laughs and/or excitement, there are none. Everything is done in such a bland and blah way, even the puppets seemed like they were bored and wished they were somewhere else. Not for kids, adults, or anybody else, unless they need assistance in falling asleep.