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The Boxtrolls

  • 20142014
  • PGPG
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
58K
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Ben Kingsley, Dee Bradley Baker, Steve Blum, Pat Fraley, Nick Frost, Nika Futterman, Tracy Morgan, Fred Tatasciore, Elle Fanning, Richard Ayoade, and Isaac Hempstead Wright in The Boxtrolls (2014)
A young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator.
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A young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator.A young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator.A young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
58K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
8,925
356
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Directors
      • Graham Annable
      • Anthony Stacchi
    • Writers
      • Irena Brignull(screenplay)
      • Adam Pava(screenplay)
      • Alan Snow(novel "Here Be Monsters!")
    • Stars
      • Ben Kingsley(voice)
      • Jared Harris(voice)
      • Nick Frost(voice)
    Top credits
    • Directors
      • Graham Annable
      • Anthony Stacchi
    • Writers
      • Irena Brignull(screenplay)
      • Adam Pava(screenplay)
      • Alan Snow(novel "Here Be Monsters!")
    • Stars
      • Ben Kingsley(voice)
      • Jared Harris(voice)
      • Nick Frost(voice)
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 154User reviews
    • 240Critic reviews
    • 61Metascore
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 8 wins & 61 nominations total

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    Dee Bradley Baker, Steve Blum, Fred Tatasciore, and Isaac Hempstead Wright in The Boxtrolls (2014)
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    Top cast

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    Ben Kingsley
    Ben Kingsley
    • Snatcher
    • (voice)
    Jared Harris
    Jared Harris
    • Lord Portley-Rind
    • (voice)
    Nick Frost
    Nick Frost
    • Mr. Trout
    • (voice)
    Richard Ayoade
    Richard Ayoade
    • Mr. Pickles
    • (voice)
    Steve Blum
    Steve Blum
    • Shoe
    • (voice)
    • …
    Dee Bradley Baker
    Dee Bradley Baker
    • Fish
    • (voice)
    • …
    Max Mitchell
    • Baby Eggs
    • (voice)
    Tracy Morgan
    Tracy Morgan
    • Mr. Gristle
    • (voice)
    Nika Futterman
    Nika Futterman
    • Oil Can
    • (voice)
    • …
    Pat Fraley
    • Fragile
    • (voice)
    • …
    Fred Tatasciore
    Fred Tatasciore
    • Clocks
    • (voice)
    • …
    Isaac Hempstead Wright
    Isaac Hempstead Wright
    • Eggs
    • (voice)
    Elle Fanning
    Elle Fanning
    • Winnie Portley-Rind
    • (voice)
    Maurice LaMarche
    Maurice LaMarche
    • Sir Langsdale
    • (voice)
    James Urbaniak
    James Urbaniak
    • Sir Broderick
    • (voice)
    • …
    Brian George
    Brian George
    • Boulanger
    • (voice)
    • …
    Toni Collette
    Toni Collette
    • Lady Cynthia Portley-Rind
    • (voice)
    Simon Pegg
    Simon Pegg
    • Herbert Trubshaw
    • (voice)
    • Directors
      • Graham Annable
      • Anthony Stacchi
    • Writers
      • Irena Brignull(screenplay)
      • Adam Pava(screenplay)
      • Alan Snow(novel "Here Be Monsters!")
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      More than 20,000 props were handmade for the movie.
    • Goofs
      When the teddy bear's music box runs down, Baby Eggs hands the mechanism to Fish who gives the key only two half-turns. The music box then plays again, with its key somehow able to unwind for many revolutions. Later on after the Boxtrolls wake up, this impossibility is repeated, but is even worse since now the key winds/unwinds in the opposite direction.
    • Quotes

      Winnie: BoxTroll Exterminators? They live down in Curds Way.

      Eggs: How do I get there?

      Winnie: Curds Way?

      [pointing at street sign "Milk Street"]

      Winnie: Milk turns into it.

      [rimshot is heard]

    • Crazy credits
      After the first part of the credits, Mr. Trout and Mr. Pickles have a philosophical discussion about their place in the world while, around them, that world carries on.
    • Alternate versions
      In the Latin American Spanish dubbing, Madam Fru Fru speaks in an Argentinean accent instead of a French one, and her song becomes a tango.
    • Connections
      Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #51.16 (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      The Boxtrolls Song
      Words and Music by Eric Idle

      Demo music arranged by Marc Mann

      Arranged by Mark Orton & Ritchie Young

      Performed by Mark Orton & Loch Lomond

      Vocalist Sean Patrick Doyle

    User reviews154

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    "Ugly Minions" - UK Film Review
    Based on Alan Snow's children novel "Here Be Monsters", The Boxtrolls follows in the eerie and murky footsteps of Coraline and Paranorman for an animated caper with more quirkiness than a Come Dine With Me at Tim Burton's house.

    Isaac Hempstead Wight voices "Eggs", a boy who grew up under the streets by a group of box-wearing trolls, who roam the streets at night finding anything they can to make into useful devices. Deemed a menace and a scourge, the city employs The Red Hats, a team of brutal Boxtroll-catching goons led by Snatcher (Ben Kingsley) - a ruthless and ambitious tyrant, who hopes to climb the social hierarchy in order to swap his red hat for a white one.

    White Hats are the political strata of society, the decision-makers, who spend more time scoffing cheese in the Tasting Room than providing any worthwhile contribution to the town of Cheesebridge. When a White Hat's daughter, Winnie (Elle Fanning), falls in with The Boxtrolls and Eggs, the town becomes the setting for a rough-and-tumble adventure as the gang attempt to find and free the Boxtrolls who have been taken by the Red Hats.

    Fun, funky, and full of creative freedom, The Boxtrolls delivers a meatier and more enjoyable family film than its predecessors, with a spectacular cast of voices, and some of the best animation in years. It is lively, perfectly-timed, and some of the weightier themes will keep even the snobbiest of film-watchers interested. The film delivers commentary on very relevant class issues and green themes, whilst keeping them tucked under a bombastic and explosive film for families.

    The Boxtrolls themselves are like ugly Minions, speaking an incomprehensible dialect of baffling gibberish, whilst looking petrified by the harsh realities of human interaction. They are, in fact, more appealing than Minions as they each have subtle differences (like the one with false teeth, or the one with anger issues), and varying boxes - such as Fish or Eggs.

    Just as The Boxtrolls roam the streets recycling garbage into new and useful things, the film itself has recycled some of its makers' past imagery (wouldn't quite call it garbage, although Paranorman tested this particular reviewer) and created a late summer film that thinks outside the box.
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    • Sep 1, 2014

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 26, 2014 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Here Be Monsters
    • Production companies
      • Focus Features
      • Laika Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $60,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $50,837,305
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $17,275,239
      • Sep 28, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $108,255,770
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Atmos
      • Datasat

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