Absolutely Amazing. Best movie in a long time, Animated or Otherwise.

Rating: 10/10 (6 May 2010)

Fantastic Mr. Fox is about a fox who must give up the bird stealing business to get a regular daytime job. After he's settled down with another fox and started a family he becomes bored with his life and decides to go back to stealing birds for one last big job.
I don't know if I have any real complaints about Fantastic Mr. Fox.
The visuals are some of the best I have ever seen. Every single scene of Fantastic Mr. Fox is an absolute feast for the eyes. All the little sets are amazingly well designed and there are so many little things to notice. I watched Fantastic Mr. Fox at least 5 times and every time I'll notice one or two more things that I didn't notice before. The camera work is just a wonder to behold as well. Wes Anderson manages to get right down in the middle of these sets were most stop motion movies don't get. Also, many zooms and face shots are used for the characters which most stop motion movies steer clear of.
The script is amazing as well. So many clever lines and jokes are interspersed throughout the dialog. Also, there are many clever analogies and points made about society and human/animal nature. Having animals behave like humans can't help but make the viewer think about how like animals humans really are when you come right down to it.
Every character in Fantastic Mr. Fox is interesting and amazingly well voice acted. All the actors manage to breath so much life into these characters that they become real in your mind. George Clooney and Jason Schwartzman are particularly brilliant as is their father-son dynamic in the film.
I truly have nothing bad to say about this movie and I believe that everyone should see it. I also believe that it far surpasses many of the overrated animated movies of the last few years (Ratatouille, Up, etc.)Sorry Hurt Locker, this is the Best Movie of 2009.