There are many criticisms towards Wes Anderson as a director and his films, mainly, that they are pretty to look at but do not have much beneath the surface. The criticism that Anderson's film are hollow is an easy one to make, but a faulty one. If you do not see anything beneath the surface, it's because you are not looking.
Fantastic Mr. Fox is like many of Anderson's past endeavors: The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and The Darjeeling Limited, another tale of a group of misfits centered around the importance of family and what you will do to protect them.
Mr. Fox is fantastic, as are his wife and his children, but being fantastic sometimes isn't enough. Tired of the inertia of daily life, Mr. Fox (George Clooney) steals from the top three farmers in the area in an effort to reclaim some of that, "pure wild animal craziness".
Mrs. Fox (Meryl Streep) is at a point in her life where she wants a responsible husband to take care of her a…
Fantastic Mr. Fox is like many of Anderson's past endeavors: The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and The Darjeeling Limited, another tale of a group of misfits centered around the importance of family and what you will do to protect them.
Mr. Fox is fantastic, as are his wife and his children, but being fantastic sometimes isn't enough. Tired of the inertia of daily life, Mr. Fox (George Clooney) steals from the top three farmers in the area in an effort to reclaim some of that, "pure wild animal craziness".
Mrs. Fox (Meryl Streep) is at a point in her life where she wants a responsible husband to take care of her a…