Jason in Hollywood | Mon, Nov 16
Mon, Nov 16
Sometimes it's hard to believe all the hype, but on this occasion I can safely say that Fantastic Mr. Fox is fabulously fantastic fun. It's the second movie in as many months where unconventional directors have been given the carte blanche to adapt beloved children's stories and in my humbl...
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With his latest film, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wes Anderson seems to have stumbled upon something truly revelatory in his career: The man was born to make movies using stop-motion animation. Anderson is a man obsessed with minutiae, the tiny details in a film that might seem trifling or inconseq...
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Your life, George – it’s beyond ridiculous. First you do that show with Noah Wylie and the blood, and just when we hope you’ll slip off into TV Land oblivion, you go on to become the biggest movie star of the last 15 years! Out of Sight, Ocean’s 11, and Syriana? Fantastic Mr. Fox, Good Night an...
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source: meetinmontauk.com
The voice acting here is superb. George Clooney is perfectly cast as the over-confident, supremely cocky Mr. Fox, who is aware of his shortcomings but not enough to do anything about them. Meryl Streep is predictably effective in her role as his wife, though she doesn’t have as many scenes as...
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