FANTASTIC MR FOX

I have always maintained that Wes Anderson's films are really just New Yorker cartoons brought to life. "Fantastic Mr Fox"
is just a New Yorker cartoon in cartoon form and it's fabulous; as a piece of animation it's even more visually extraordinary than his live action films. It's based on a Roald Dahl story but the dialogue is pure Anderson, (with a little help from the equally idiosyncratic Noah Baumbach), and in George Clooney's Mr Fox it's got one of the great voice-over performances but then every performance in this picture is perfect, (others include Meryl Streep and Michael Gambon as well as Anderson regulars Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman and Owen Wilson). It's also pitched perfectly at its audience; kids of all ages and their smart parents will love it. On the other hand, if Anderson seems a little too sophistical for your tastes then you will probably find this a little on the precious side whereas I, as a worshipper of all things Wes, absolutely loved it.