Fantastic Mr. Fox is probably the most unique movie you’ll see this year, and that’s saying a lot. We’re talking about a year that’s seen films like Coraline, Up, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, and the upcoming Avatar. Still, I think Fantastic Mr. Fox sits on a level of its own.

We saw the movie last night at a free sneak peek in Indianapolis, and there wasn’t an empty seat in the theater. There was a surprising number of adults without kids, but there was plenty of families as well.

The whole theater was rolling with laughter. Fantastic Mr. Fox doesn’t play out like a kid’s movie at all, it’s basically just a Wes Anderson film that happens to be stop motion. The dialog is witty (and hilarious), the voice acting is great, and the staging and attention to detail is what you would expect from an Anderson film.

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