Product Information
A group of boxtrolls, a series of monsters who live underneath the city and feast on cheese at night, are targeted by an exterminator (voiced by Ben Kingsley) in this fantasy comedy from stop-motion company LAIKA.Product Identifiers
ProducerTravis Knight
EAN5053083008420
eBay Product ID (ePID)12048547408
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleThe Boxtrolls
Release Year2015
FeaturesBehind the Scenes\Featurettes
GenreFamily, Animation
Additional Product Features
CertificatePG
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Number of Discs1
Additional InformationSubterranean trolls raise an orphaned boy, who helps them fight back against an evil exterminator and make peace with the fearful residents of an upper-crust Victorian-era town known for its world-class cheeses. The two things the people of this posh town treasure most are their children and their cheeses; unfortunately, those are also the things that the Boxtrolls - a race of unsightly, sewer-dwelling creatures - covet most. Clad in cast-off cardboard boxes as they scuttle about underground, the Boxtrolls may look like a fearsome bunch, they're actually quite friendly. Having previously adopted an orphaned infant named Eggs (voiced by Isaac Hempstead-Wright), the diminutive tinkerers raise him as one of their own. Meanwhile, Eggs may be the Boxtrolls' only hope for survival when scheming exterminator Archibald Snatcher (voiced by Oscar-winner Ben Kingsley) seeks to earn his entry into the ultra-exclusive Cheesebridge society by eradicating the misunderstood creatures once and for all. Little does the villainous Snatcher realise that Eggs has a wealthy friend named Winnie (voiced by Ellie Fanning), and that Winnie may be the key to solving the longstanding feud between the people above, and the benevolent creatures below.
ReviewsHeyUGuys - The perfect grown-up kids' movie., New York Times - In THE BOXTROLLS old-fashioned stop-motion animation is combined with new-style 3-D cinematography to charming effect., HitFix - I can't remember the last time I saw a family animation so visually rich, tightly scripted and charmingly performed which was also built on a sound and progressive message.
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleThe Boxtrolls
VoiceToni Collette, Richard Ayoade, Tracy Morgan, Jared Harris, Ben Kingsley, Nick Frost, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Elle Fanning, Simon Pegg
Consumer AdviceContains mild violence and threat