A magical blend of fairy tale and family drama.

Rating: 9/10 (17 January 2010)

If you are to invent a story about a fox family surviving all the crude farmers in the world, would you also invent a nursery rhyme for it? Of course you will. But the awesomeness in this simple story comes from many other things.
The weird, slightly exaggerating human portraits plus the fairy tale set-ups and everything already gave this story an exotic touch. Having George Clooney and Meryl Streep dubbing the Fox couple certainly dumped more grown-up ingredients into it. After so many years of Wallace and Gromit or Coraline, you might just become picky about production values of clay animations. Try to sit through the first minute realizing it's not as polished as other technically-excellent animations, and it will reward you a lot more. Seeing the twitching movements and little mannerisms of Mr. Fox in classic songs is really one-of-a-kind enjoyment. simply put, you don't really need much brain to enjoy it, but you certainly need more sensibility to fetch everything intended.
One thing good about fairy tale is you don't really need to explain why the protagonists are robbers, and why do they kill chickens, and stuff like that. Down to its core, it's still a very heart-warming family drama. For the record, if you don't want your little boy to adapt a crime career like Mr. Fox, you'd better sit through this fantastic movie with him because it's gonna render some great sweet family talk!Go to see it! 9/10 for heartwarming fun!