Metacritic Movie Ratings
Fantastic Mr. Fox Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 100

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  With its virtuoso tomfoolery, Fantastic Mr. Fox is like a homegrown Wallace and Gromit caper. To Wes Anderson: More, please!

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• 90

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  A pleasantly cerebral experience, exhilarating and fizzy, that goes to your head like too much Champagne.

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• 90

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  In some ways his (Anderson) most fully realized and satisfying film. Once you adjust to its stop-and-start rhythms and its scruffy looks, you can appreciate its wit, its beauty and the sly gravity of its emotional undercurrents.

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• 90

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden

  Anderson has created a world as stylized and inventive as anything he's done... "Fox" is a visual delight.

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• 88

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  These animals aren't catering to anyone in the audience. We get the feeling they're intensely leading their own lives without slowing down for ours.

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• 80

  out of 100

  VarietyTodd McCarthy

  The film's style, paradoxically both precious and rough-hewn, positions this as the season's defiantly anti-CGI toon, and its retro charms will likely appeal more strongly to grown-ups than to moppets; it's a picture for people who would rather drive a 1953 Jaguar XK 120 than a new one.

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• 75

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  It's an intriguing match of material and filmmaker. Dahl's distinctive, edgy storytelling seems to fit well with Anderson's idiosyncratic worldview and visuals.

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