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The Boxtrolls
Theatrical release poster
Screenplay by
  • Irena Brignull
  • Adam Pava
Based onHere Be Monsters!
by Alan Snow
Starring
CinematographyJohn Ashlee Prat
Edited byEdie Ichioka
Music byDario Marianelli[1]
Production
company
Distributed byFocus Features
Release dates
  • August 31, 2014 (2014-08-31) (Venice)
  • September 26, 2014 (2014-09-26) (United States)
Running time
97 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$60 million[3]
Box office$109.3 million[4]

The Boxtrolls is a 2014 American stop-motion animated fantasy comedy film directed by Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi based on the 2005 novel Here Be Monsters! by Alan Snow. It is produced by Laika. The film tells the story of Eggs, a human boy raised by trash-collecting trolls, known as "Boxtrolls", as he attempts to save them from Archibald Snatcher, a pest exterminator. The film introduces Isaac Hempstead-Wright as the voice of Eggs and features the voices of Ben Kingsley, Elle Fanning, Dee Bradley Baker, Steve Blum, Toni Collette, Jared Harris, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade, Tracy Morgan, and Simon Pegg.[5]

The film was released on September 26, 2014, by Focus Features, to generally positive reviews from critics.[6] The film earned $109 million[4] on a $60 million budget.[7] It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Plot

In 1897 a fictional hill-top town of Cheesebridge, Norvenia during the Victorian era, rumors abound that subterranean trolls (known as Boxtrolls for the cardboard boxes they wear) have kidnapped a baby. Pest exterminator Archibald Snatcher strikes a deal with the city's leader Lord Portley-Rind to exterminate every Boxtroll in exchange for membership in the city's cheese-loving council called the White Hats, despite the fact that he is severely allergic to cheese.

In actuality, the Boxtrolls are peaceful and emerge from underground at night to scavenge for discarded items with which to make useful inventions. A human boy named Eggs lives among them, cared for by a Boxtroll named Fish. As Eggs grows up, he becomes dismayed by the disappearing Boxtrolls seized by Snatcher. After Lord Portley-Rind's daughter Winnie sees Eggs with two Boxtrolls, Snatcher captures Fish. Eggs sneaks to the surface to find Fish and emerges in an annual fair to commemorate the disappearance of the "Trubshaw Baby" who was allegedly killed by Boxtrolls.

Disgusted by the town's inaccurate portrayal of the creatures, Eggs follows Winnie. After a brief exchange, he asks her for directions to Snatcher's headquarters, located at an abandoned factory, where Eggs rescues Fish. They are caught in the escape. Snatcher recognizes Eggs as the Trubshaw Baby and reveals that all the captured Boxtrolls are building him a machine. Winnie, who covertly followed Eggs, overhears this exchange. She then helps Fish and Eggs escape from Snatcher and they take shelter in the Boxtrolls' caves, where Fish explains that Eggs' father had given him to them to keep him from Snatcher. Winnie agrees to help Eggs tell Portley-Rind the truth.

At a ball held to commemorate the purchase of a giant cheese wheel called the Briehemoth, which was foolishly made using the funds for a children's hospital, Eggs tries to confront Portley-Rind, but is confronted by Snatcher (disguised as a woman named "Madame Frou-Frou", who is his imaginary wife). Whilst trying to avoid Snatcher, Eggs inadvertently knocks the cheese wheel into a river. Eggs announces himself to the party as the Trubshaw Baby, but no one believes him, including Portley-Rind, who is too upset about losing the cheese wheel.

Eggs tries to persuade the remaining Boxtrolls to flee for their own safety, but unknowingly demoralises them. Snatcher digs into the caves and captures them all. Eggs awakens to find his father Herbert Trubshaw a prisoner beside him. He sees the Boxtrolls stacked in a crusher and begs them to leave their boxes and run, but they are seemingly killed by the crusher.

Snatcher drives his machine to Lord Portley-Rind's house, shows him the flattened boxes as proof of the Boxtrolls' extinction, and demands Portley-Rind's white hat in exchange for killing the last Boxtroll, which is actually Eggs disguised. The Boxtrolls, who have escaped from the crusher, and Herbert free Eggs, while Snatcher tries to take Portley-Rind's hat by force. During the fight, two of Snatcher's loyal advisors Mr. Trout and Mr. Pickles redeem themselves, join Eggs' team and help the group disable the machine, which falls on Snatcher's third loyal advisor Mr. Gristle. Eggs and Snatcher are thrown clear and land on the recovered Briehemoth, which triggers Snatcher's cheese allergy and causes him to swell to an enormous size. He seizes Winnie and forces Lord Portley-Rind to give up his hat in exchange for her safety, but he explodes into pieces after tasting an aged cheese sample. The townspeople and Boxtrolls begin a peaceful coexistence. Winnie tells the tale of Snatcher's end to a crowd, while Fish and Eggs drive off in one of Herbert's contraptions.

Voice cast

Isaac Hempstead Wright (Eggs), Elle Fanning (Winnie) and Ben Kingsley (Archibald Snatcher) promoting the film at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International

Production

Directors Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable promoting the film at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International.

In June 2008, Laika unveiled a slate of projects in development, among which was also an animated feature film adaptation of the Alan Snow novel Here Be Monsters!, eventually to become The Boxtrolls. The animation technique wasn't yet decided upon, but Anthony Stacchi was set to direct the film.[14] Laika announced on February 7, 2013, that the adaptation would be their next 3D stop motion feature, under the title The Boxtrolls. Directed by Stacchi and Graham Annable,[5] Laika CEO Travis Knight noted that the biggest challenge of the film was to condense a 550-page novel down to a 90-minute film.[15] Initially the film focused on all five species of creatures found in the original book, but Knight noted that the script "ultimately was hollow" with all the monsters noting "It didn't really have anything to say."[15] The team ended up focusing on the Boxtrolls as Knight thought "there was something that was really compelling about that group of characters".[15]

On February 7, 2013, Focus Features originally set the film for an October 17, 2014, release,[5] In May 2013, the release date was changed to September 26, 2014.[6] Focus Features holds worldwide distribution rights to The Boxtrolls, and Universal Pictures International released the movie overseas (with eOne Distribution handling Canada).[5]

Release

On June 11, 2014, two new trailers, one for the US and one for the UK, were released by the studio.[16] The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival on August 31, 2014.[17]

Home media

The Boxtrolls was released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 20, 2015, by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.[18]

Music

The Boxtrolls
Soundtrack album by
Dario Marianelli
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2014
Recorded2014
GenreFilm score
Length60:02
LabelBack Lot Music
Laika film soundtrack chronology
ParaNorman
(2012) 		The Boxtrolls
(2014) 		Kubo and the Two Strings
(2016)
Dario Marianelli chronology
Third Person
(2013) 		The Boxtrolls
(2014) 		Wild Card
(2014)

On December 4, 2013, composer Dario Marianelli was hired to score The Boxtrolls, the first animated feature film of his career.[1] On August 30, 2014, it was announced that Back Lot Music would release a soundtrack album for the film on September 23, 2014.[19]

Track listing

All music is composed by Dario Marianelli, except as noted

No.TitleLength
1."The Unspeakable Has Happened"2:19
2."The Scavengers"2:26
3."The Boxtrolls Cavern"2:32
4."Eggs' Music Box"1:50
5."Quattro Sabatino" (performed by Peter Harris, Alex Tsilogiannis, Thomas Kennedy & Edmund Saddington)2:38
6."One Busy Night"2:35
7."Rooftop Chase"1:38
8."Broken Eggs"2:00
9."Cheesebridge Funfair"0:46
10."The Boxtrolls Song" (written by Eric Idle; performed by Sean Patrick Doyle, Mark Orton & Loch Lomond)2:35
11."Snatcher and His Stooges"1:34
12."Allergic"4:51
13."To the Rescue"1:59
14."I'm Sure I Am Delicious"1:59
15."I Was Given to Them"2:53
16."What's a Father?"1:31
17."Slap Waltz"2:28
18."Snatcher's Dramatical Entrance"3:26
19."Look What You Did"3:45
20."Jelly!"4:11
21."Last Battle"3:43
22."Say Cheese"2:01
23."Little Boxes" (written by Malvina Reynolds,[20] performed by Loch Lomond)2:36
24."Some Kids" (written by Jessie Donaldson and Ritchie Young, performed by Loch Lomond)3:03
25."Whole World" (performed by Loch Lomond)1:34
Total length:60:02

Reception

Box office

The Boxtrolls grossed $50.8 million in North America and $57.4 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $108.2 million, against a budget of $60 million.[4]

In the United States and Canada, it earned $17.2 million in its opening weekend from 3,464 theaters, debuting at number three at the box office behind The Equalizer and The Maze Runner.[21] It had a strong 3.5x weekend multiplier off its $4.9 million opening day, which is more front-loaded than Coraline (3.8x) but played much less front-loaded than ParaNorman (3.11x).[21] It set the record for the biggest opening weekend for Laika surpassing 2009's Coraline ($16.8 million),[22] and the second-biggest for a stop-motion animation film behind Laika's 2005 co-production, Corpse Bride ($19.1 million).[23]

In other territories, The Boxtrolls earned $5.1 million from 1,806 screens in 16 countries in its opening weekend.[24][25][26] In terms of total earnings, its largest markets are the United Kingdom and Ireland ($13.8 million), Australia ($5.8 million), and Mexico ($5 million).[27] It is Laika's highest-grossing film overseas, surpassing ParaNorman's $51.1 million.[28]

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating 77% based on 167 critics, with an average rating of 7.11/10. The site's critical consensus states: "While it's far from Laika's best offering, The Boxtrolls is still packed with enough offbeat wit and visual splendor to offer a healthy dose of all-ages entertainment."[29] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 61 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[30] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it a 77% overall positive score and a 61% "definite recommend".[31]

Tom Huddleston of Time Out gave the film three out of five stars, saying "Breathlessly paced and surreally funny, The Boxtrolls fizzes with visual invention and wild slapstick. But the grotesquerie is overbearing."[32] Alonso Duralde of The Wrap gave the film a negative review, saying "A surprisingly charmless and aimless movie from Laika Studios, who previously crafted the wonderfully dark Coraline and ParaNorman, this latest venture seems destined to disturb young viewers while thoroughly boring their parents."[33] Amy Nicholson of LA Weekly gave the film a B+, saying "The Boxtrolls is a kiddie charmer that makes you laugh, cower and think of Hitler. That's an unusual trifecta, but then again, this is an unusual film."[34] James Rocchi of Film.com gave the film a 5.8 out of 10, saying "The Boxtrolls is a swing-and-miss for Laika; when you move forward with revolutionary techniques while standing still in terms of your themes, stories and settings, no amount of technical trickery or animation genius can bring the boring to vivid life."[35] Jake Coyle of the Associated Press gave the film a positive review, saying "The Boxtrolls, despite a rather uncertainly structured story by screenwriters Irena Brignull and Adam Pava, has its pleasantly demented charms."[36] Kyle Smith of the New York Post gave the film two out of four stars, saying "Engaging as it is to look at, this stop-motion animation film from the young Oregon studio Laika seems to have been masterminded by people thinking, "Everyone loves Pixar. So let's do everything the opposite!""[37]

A. A. Dowd of The A.V. Club gave the film a B+, saying "In an age when most cartoon companies have traded pens for pixels, the magicians at Laika continue to create fantastically elaborate universes out of pure elbow grease."[38] John Hartl of The Seattle Times gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Visually the film is a feast, stuffed with little jokes and surprises and the kind of black humor that Alfred Hitchcock heartily enjoyed."[39] Brian Truitt of USA Today gave the film three out of four stars, saying "A delectable treat that balances themes of identity and class warfare with Monty Python-style political skewering, quirky humor and dairy jokes."[40] Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle gave the film two out of four stars, saying "One gets the sense that directors Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable have their hearts in the action sequences and not in the characters, and that's a problem."[41] Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune gave the film two out of four stars, saying "The Boxtrolls remains relentlessly busy up through its final credits, and it's clever in a nattering way. But it's virtually charmless."[42] Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post gave the film three out of four stars, saying "The story of The Boxtrolls, in lesser hands, might have turned out only so-so. Under Laika's loving, labor-intensive touch, it takes on a kind of magic."[43] Richard Corliss of Time gave the film a positive review, saying "The Boxtrolls has its penny-dreadful moments, but it's mostly a larkish stroll through a cemetery where the monsters are the good guys."[44]

Ethan Gilsdorf of The Boston Globe gave the film a positive review, saying "Like one of its wondrously designed steampunky contraptions, The Boxtrolls is a marvelous thing to behold, and watch spin, even if it doesn't go anywhere terribly interesting."[45] Bruce Demara of the Toronto Star gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying "From Laika, the animation studio that brought you such memorably quirky classics as Coraline and ParaNorman comes another totally offbeat and original tale for kids (and adults) looking for something a little more challenging and completely off the wall."[46] Rafer Guzman of Newsday gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "The Boxtrolls has moments of humor and imagination, but American children may not be its ideal audience."[47] A. O. Scott of The New York Times gave the film a positive review, saying "In The Boxtrolls, old-fashioned stop-motion animation is combined with new-style 3-D cinematography to charming effect."[48] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a mixed review, saying "There's a crucial shortage of heart here, from the messy storytelling to the hit-or-miss humor and unattractive visuals."[49] Steve Persall of the Tampa Bay Times gave the film a D, saying "The Boxtrolls is a visually repellent pile of stop-motion animation, populated by grotesques and filmed in the palette of an exhumed casket's interior. It can frighten small children and bore anyone, with its cracked, cackled British wit."[50] Joe Neumaier of the New York Daily News gave the film two out of five stars, saying "Kids who get a kick out of the macabre will enjoy this exquisitely crafted but tedious film."[51]

Accolades

List of Awards and Nominations
Year Award Category Recipients Results
2014 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award[52][53] Best Animated Feature Nominated
42nd Annual Annie Awards[54] Best Animated Feature Nominated
Animated Effects in an Animated Production Rick Sevy, Peter Vickery, Kent Estep, Peter Stuart, Ralph Procida Nominated
Character Animation in a Feature Production Travis Knight Nominated
Malcolm Lamont Nominated
Jason Stalman Nominated
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production Mike Smith Nominated
Directing in an Animated Feature Production Anthony Stacchi & Graham Annable Nominated
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production Paul Lasaine, Tom McClure & August Hall Won
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production Julian Narino Nominated
Emanuela Cozzi Nominated
Voice Acting in a Feature Production Sir Ben Kingsley (as Archibald Snatcher) Won
Dee Bradley Baker (as Fish) Nominated
Writing in an Animated Feature Production Irena Brignull & Adam Pava Nominated
72nd Golden Globe Awards[55] Best Animated Feature Nominated
2015 Academy Awards Best Animated Feature Nominated
Critics' Choice Awards Best Animated Feature Nominated
Producers Guild of America Best Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures David Bleiman Ichioka and Travis Knight Nominated
Saturn Awards Best Animated Film Nominated
13th Visual Effects Society Awards[56] Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Travis Knight, Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable, Brad Schiff Nominated
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Travis Knight, Jason Stalman, Michael Laubach, Kyle Williams for "Archibald Snatcher" Nominated
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Curt Enderle, Rob DeSue, Emily Greene, Jesse Gregg for "Boxtroll Cavern" Nominated
Outstanding Models in any Motion Media Project Tom McClure, Oliver Jones, Raul Martinez for "Mecha-Drill" Nominated
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Kent Estep, Peter Stuart, Ralph Procida, Timur Khodzhaev Nominated

See also

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