The Boxtrolls
(2014)
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.
Directors
Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi
Writers
Alan Snow, Irena Brignull, Adam Pava
Top Billed
Ben Kingsley
Keywords
Top Billed Cast
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Reviews
r96sk
⭐ 6/10October 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 …
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CinemaSerf
⭐ 7/10November 21, 2022
"Snatcher" is determined to get himself a white hat! Why? Well that symbolises his membership of the town's elite - and it gets him to the table for the cheese tasting, and boy does he like cheese - even if it doesn't particularly like him! The scornful "Lord Portley-Rind", though, is having none of this - until, that is, he is promised that they will be rid of the evil, menacing, baby-stealing box trolls. OK, he has a deal - and together with hi… read the rest.
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$60,000,000
Revenue
$108,255,770