
THE BOXTROLLS are a community of quirky, mischievous creatures who have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy named Eggs in the amazing cavernous home they've built beneath the streets of a city called Cheesebridge. The story is about a young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors who tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator, the town's villain, Archibald Snatcher. When Snatcher comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls. Eggs decid... (Full plot summary below)
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THE BOXTROLLS are a community of quirky, mischievous creatures who have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy named Eggs in the amazing cavernous home they've built beneath the streets of a city called Cheesebridge. The story is about a young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors who tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator, the town's villain, Archibald Snatcher. When Snatcher comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls. Eggs decides to venture above ground and "into the light," where he meets and teams up with fabulously feisty Winnie. Together, they devise a daring plan to save The BoxTrolls family. The film is based upon the children's novel 'Here Be Monsters' by Alan Snow.
Leave your thoughts about The Boxtrolls.
| CinemaBlend.comKristy PuchkoThe Boxtrolls isn't just a superb movie for the whole family, it's the best animated film of the year. |
| MiamiArtZineRuben RosarioThe film's idiosyncratic character design and veddy English quirks might not appeal to every moviegoer's palate, but its admirable refusal to beg for your sympathies, deftly executed by a game voice cast, brings out your inner Wild Thing. |
| FILMINK (Australia)Toli PapadopoulosIt's a thoroughly entertaining comedy-adventure that will appeal to all ages. |
| RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyIt's gloriously inventive, wonderfully funny, and gorgeous to look at, the screen filled with sometimes overwhelming detail. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonThe Boxtrolls has many of the hallmarks of the previous films; bizarre angles, strange-looking characters, and a kind of fearlessness, an ability to gaze at darkness head-on. |
| Aisle SeatMike McGranaghanThe Boxtrolls is the movie equivalent of its own characters: quirky, weird-looking, beautifully unusual, and almost impossible to not love. |
| Schmoes KnowMark Ellis"The Boxtrolls" took years of blood, sweat and clay to come to life...and I'm happy to report it was all worth it. |
| Laramie Movie ScopeRobert RotenIf you can get past the bugs, slime, dirt, ugliness and unkempt hair, the story is a pretty good one. |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh Larsen...looks as if it's made from materials found in the back closet of an arts-and-crafts class. |
| Spectrum (St. George, Utah)Bruce BennettKids may enjoy the stunning images of the impish underground creatures, a focus on the unlikeable villain will have young ones and their parents alike bored after 20 min. |