Luv it. Love it even more than WTWTA and Coraline That’s a big thing for me since I super hate Wes. Somehow, those Daria Morgendorffer type dialogues, deadpan delivery are funny when animals are doing it. The lines “Maybe he is eating soap?” referring to the rabid beagle, may fall flat on live-action comedy but is so much funny when the crosseyed possum says it. Also the hipstery feel that clouds a Wes movie is nowhere here.
And among the George Clooney trifecta (Up in the Air, …Goats, Mr. Fox), this one is my fave. I can’t seem to imagine anybody voicing the lead. That’s strange, because a few months ago I was dissing the Danny Oceanesque voice of Mr. Fox.
At least I didn’t look like a pedophile watching this. There were more adults in the theatre than kids. The last time I felt embarrassed watching a kid’s movie was Up. I swear the usher was checking on me every few seconds. Ahh, the perils of an adult watching a kids movie…alone.
Hurray for this hipster kiddie movie…4.65 out of stars… pitchfork style rating. (This is the last time I’m gonna use this stale joke about Pitchfork ratings, we can just retire this on 2010)