A very good foray into animation for Wes Anderson
Sweet, funny, breezy stop motion animation flick based on the Roald Dahl novel. A fox/father decides to settle down,stop stealing chickens and become a newspaper reporter, But then, hitting a mid life crisis, he plots one last raid...It's always delightful, and very well voice-acted by the likes of George Clooney, Meryl Streep and Michael Gambon.Yet, for me, there was a bit of a deeper layer missing, when compared with the best of Wes Anderson's live action work.This wasn't a film that moved me deeply, or made me think. Although it did throughly amuse me with an enjoyabletale, which is really more than enough. But somehow, as an Anderson fan. I wanted that last step from very good to great.Still I applaud his bravery in taking this on, and the sly intelligence he brings to it.