Extremely intelligent family movie

Rating: 9/10 (23 September 2011)

While Fantastic Mr. Fox is quite definitely Wes Anderson's most commercial film so far, it treads the line between Hollywood and art-house surprisingly well, and manages to be an extremely intelligent family movie in the strictest meaning of the term - a movie to be enjoyed by both children and adults, each on a different levels. Kids will enjoy every minute, and adults will enjoy it more because they'll understand it more (watch Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are for a failed attempt at achieving that very balance). With terrific voice talents and wonderful animation, this is one of the most truly enjoyable films I've seen in a long time, and at this point I'd like to point out that I didn't use the word 'fantastic' once in this review; I'd like a reward please.