2009 (Wes Anderson) PG, 86 min
Starring: George Clooney, Meryl Streep

The latest offering from Wes Anderson is a stop-motion animation adaptation of Roald Dahl’s children’s book. The story begins with a wonderful chicken coop heist executed by the daring and dashing Mr. Fox (Clooney) and his wife Felicity (Streep). Accidentally triggering a fox trap and facing possible death, Felicity announces she is pregnant and asks Mr. Fox to vow that he will give up his chicken stealing ways for a safer, more stable career should they survive. The lure of having three of the biggest farms in the area right across from their new foxhole, however, proves too irresistible to Mr. Fox. Ensuing adventures include elaborate, acrobatic caper-like scenes, an aggressive counter-attack by the three farmers, and a genius rescue mission to free Mr. Fox’s captured nephew involving foxes, a badger, a rat, an opossum, a rabid beagle and many others. Fantastic Mr. Fox is a funny, heart-warming film about the importance of family, community and finding out what makes each of us uniquely fantastic.