The Boxtrolls poster

The Boxtrolls( 2014)

TV-MAAnimationComedyFamilyFantasy
67%
User
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When troubles strikes friends stack together.

Overview

An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Ben Kingsley

      Archibald Snatcher (voice)

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      Isaac Hempstead Wright

      Eggs (voice)

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      Elle Fanning

      Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)

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      Dee Bradley Baker

      Fish / Wheels / Bucket (voice)

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      Toni Collette

      Lady Cynthia Portley-Rind (voice)

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      Jared Harris

      Lord Portley-Rind (voice)

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      Nick Frost

      Mr. Trout (voice)

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      Richard Ayoade

      Mr. Pickles (voice)

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      Tracy Morgan

      Mr. Gristle (voice)

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      Simon Pegg

      Herbert Trubshaw (voice)

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      Nika Futterman

      Oil Can / Knickers (voice)

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      Pat Fraley

      Fragile / Sweets (voice)

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      Fred Tatasciore

      Clocks / Specs (voice)

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      Maurice LaMarche

      Sir Langsdale (voice)

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      James Urbaniak

      Sir Broderick / Male Workman 1 / Male Workman 2 (voice)

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      Brian George

      Boulanger / Male Aristocrat (voice)

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      Lori Tritel

      Female Aristocrat (voice)

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      Steve Blum

      Shoe / Sparky (voice)

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      Laraine Newman

      Female Townsfolk 1 / Female Townsfolk 2 (voice)

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      Reckless Jack

      Background Boy (voice)

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      Max Mitchell

      Baby Eggs (voice)

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    Review 2Discussion

    A review by r96sk

    6
    Written by r96sk on Mon Oct 19 2020
    <em>'The Boxtrolls'</em> has parts that I like, but overall I found it slow-moving. I enjoyed the Boxtrolls themselves, I like how they look and come across. Archibald (Ben Kingsley) and bodyguards, Messrs Trout (Nick Frost) and Pickles (Richard Ayoade), are good, as is the casting of Jared Harris as Lord Charles Portley-Rind. With that said, I liked them individually rather than as a group. Frost and Ayoade being the key examples, despite being two of the same character I never felt a connection between them. Elsewhere, I rate Isaac Hempstead Wright and Elle Fanning as actors, but I don'...

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    Videos 32Backdrops 20Posters 72

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    60000000.00

    Revenue

    108255770.00

    Keywords

    • based on novel or book
    • parent child relationship
    • stop motion
    • unlikely friendship
    • duringcreditsstinger