Fantastic Mr. Fox, The

Fantastic Mr. Fox, The is rated PG: for action, smoking and slang humor.

Release Date:  13 November 2009 (Limited), 25 November 2009 (Wide)

Our review will be posted on 25 November 2009, the date this movie opens in wide release to theaters.

Synopsis: When the local farmers decide to declare war on the mischievous predators invading their henhouses, they forget to take into account how hard it can be to out-fox a fox! Following the lead of The Fantastic Mr. Fox (voice of George Cloony), the field critters fight back.

Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Director: Wes Anderson

Cast: Voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray

Studio: 2009 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. Visit the official movie site.

This additional information about the movie’s content is taken from the notes of various Canadian Film Classification boards:

Violence:

- Frequent portrayals of non-graphic violence , including hand-to-hand conflicts and weapons use (little blood or detail shown).

- Frequent peril to main characters in an adventure context.

- Some scenes may frighten young children.

Sexual Content:

- Limited embracing and kissing.

Language:

Drugs and Alcohol:

- Portrayals of smoking.

Humans underestimate the brains of the humbler creatures around them in Chicken Run and The Secret of NIMH. This movie is based on a book by Roald Dahl, whose work has been turned into the films Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (both are adapted from the same story).