Typically I absolutely hate Wes Anderson movies, just loathe them. This was a great change of pace, and I was shocked when I found out at the end he directed it...though I did think to myself that it explained the weird song/break into dance parts.
Either way it's a great movie, one I loved and it has a crazy good cast too, like a typical great animated film.
Not sure how much of the story stays true to the book or how much credit goes to Roald Dahl for the story in the movie, but it is well put together. The general theme is about people (or animals I guess) being different and definitely about staying true to yourself as well. These things are repeated often throughout the movie, so there's no overbearing theme a child wouldn't understand (i.e. some day our planet is going to be overrun by trash and we should do something about it now). Likewise, the themes are taken seriously enough so that an adult can still...well, take them seriously.
Then there's the hilarity. Big LOL's just randomly popped out in so many scenes and I love them because they aren't jokes you have to "get". Just little random acts and make you "WTF!" and spit out your drink.
The animation is sweet too; it's a little puppety I guess. Not typical all out computer feel.
4.79/5
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