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The Boxtrolls
Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy imaginative stop-motion worlds, oddball creature humor, and heartfelt stories about outsiders challenging social prejudice.
- Tone
- whimsical, eerie, darkly comic
- Payoff
- amusement, catharsis
- Pacing
- brisk
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- belonging, found family, prejudice, unlikely friendship, social class
- Setting
- timeless, eccentric industrial town and subterranean tunnels
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