The Boxtrolls

What happens when a group of cave dwelling small trolls find an orphan boy and raise him as their
own?

The movie The Boxtrolls tells the story of a little boy named Eggs who was raised by a group of trash collecting trolls who do their best to stay out of sight. The villain of the story is Archibald Snatcher, voiced by Mr. Ben Kingsley. When Snatcher decides that all the Boxtrolls need to be exterminated, only Eggs can go to the humans and save his family.

The most interesting part of this movie is the mix of stop animation with 3-D cinematography. How well they can make this work is left to be seen. This is another film from the same people who brought us Coraline and ParaNorman. Each of their movies have a dark tone with social undertones and The Boxtrolls appears to be no different.

With plenty of humor and warm fuzzies, this movie looks like it will be fun. The reviews have been a little mixed and we will have to wait and see how the public receives this movie. My hope is that the British humor will translate well on the American screens and these little guys will have a good run at the box office.