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We took our 3 year old son to this film, and was not expecting much entertainment for us adults. However, both my wife and I really enjoyed it and my son has been walking around in a bottomless box with holes cut in it,(for his head and arms),for two days.It has a lot of charm and a slight edge of darkness. I am surprised that it has received such poor reviews from the critics. I have noticed they tend to rate realistic, depressing films; whereas we like happy escapist fun and this film delivers that. We are from the UK and the voices are perhaps better known here, which may have contributed, a little, to our perception of this film's charm.

The Boxtrolls is a unique movie. The animation alone makes it worth watching. It's not as humorous as other animated features, but it has a certain cleverness throughout the movie. The voice acting is also well done - the actors must have had a fun time doing it. This is a simple story that kids and parents can enjoy.

A good metaphor for the movie itself: if you can stomach it, it's a real delicacy, with plenty of interesting themes. The steam-punk early-modern Dutch city inhabited by well-meaning but persecuted trolls was a disquieting environment with multiple filthy (physically and morally) areas that Laika's unique animation explored in various engaging and surprising ways.My 6-year-old son Sebastian loved it, mostly, I think, because it was disgusting and had plenty of gross jokes and scenes (like the naked trolls who take city hall at the end), but he also got a little tired of it, declaring : "I thought it's never going to end."Sienna's Rating: 7 Stars Sebastian's Rating: 10 Stars!Paul's Rating: 7 Stars.