The Boxtrolls

About The Boxtrolls

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.

Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable directed The Boxtrolls, a 2014 animation comedy film. Released in September 2014, it runs 97 minutes.

The film is filed under stop motion, unlikely friendship, and parent child relationship. It is adapted from a novel.

Ben Kingsley stars as Snatcher (voice), Isaac Hempstead Wright as Eggs (voice), Elle Fanning as Winnie Portley-Rind (voice), and Dee Bradley Baker as Fish. The screenplay is by Adam Pava and Irena Brignull. Produced by LAIKA. In the United States it streams on Hulu.

Coraline, The Wild Robot, and Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio make useful companions to The Boxtrolls. TMDB voters put it at 6.7 out of 10 across 1,890 votes and it carries a PG rating.