Story without a purpose

Rating: 4/10 (30 June 2010)

Very good animation but the story is not very compelling. It is a throw back to action cartoon movies. Tries too hard to have a moral but instead of one story line you have several - father son relation, son jealous of more talented cousin, husband wife conflict over safety vs. adventure, being true to yourself, friendship and trust, etc. The problem is you don't really care about any of these stories. The movie just moves on from one story to the next. Visually interesting but appears to be just a star role for George Clooney. Not that interesting a movie. The story has a lot of inconsistencies. The death of the rat seems rather gratuitous and out of place. No real explanation is presented on why the rat is security for the farmer or how a message is delivered from Mr. Fox to the farmers. Why would anyone keep a rabid dog? Why not just make it a vicious dog? The story just doesn't seem that well thought out. Mildly entertaining with some funny lines but not worth seeing a second time.