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{{Infobox film
| name = The Boxtrolls
| image = The Boxtrolls poster.jpg
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| studio = [[Laika, LLC|Laika]]
| distributor = [[Focus Features]] (North America)<br>[[Universal Pictures]] (International)
| released = {{Film date|2014|
| runtime = 97 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 96:36--><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/boxrolls-film-0 | title=''THE BOXROLLS'' [2D] (PG) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=August 12, 2014 | access-date=August 13, 2014}}</ref>
| country = United States
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| gross = $108.3 million<ref name="mojo">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=laika2014.htm|title=The Boxrolls (2014) - Box Office Mojo|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|publisher=[[IMDb]]|access-date=August 8, 2021|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924143139/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=laika2014.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
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'''''The Boxtrolls''''' is a 2014 American
Laika unveiled a slate of projects in development, among which was also an animated feature film adaptation of the Alan Snow novel ''Here Be Monsters!'' in June 2008. While the animation technique wasn't yet decided upon, Stacchi was set to direct the film. On February 7, 2013, Laika announced that it would be released in October 2014, which later changed to September 2014 in May 2013. Originally focused on all five species of creatures found in the original book, producer Travis Knight noted that the script ultimately was hollow with all the monsters, that it didn't really have anything to say. As the result, the team ended up focusing on the Boxtrolls as Knight thought there was something that was really compelling about that group of characters. [[Dario Marianelli]] composed the film's musical score.
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==Voice cast==
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* [[Ben Kingsley]] as Archibald Snatcher, a ruthless, arrogant, antagonistic and cunning pest exterminator who also cross-dresses as Madame Frou-Frou.<ref name=CSAnnounce /><ref name="hero complex"/>
* [[Isaac Hempstead Wright]] as Eggs Trubshaw,<ref name=CSAnnounce /> an orphaned 10-year-old human boy raised by the Boxtrolls, and the adoptive son of Fish.<ref name="hero complex">{{cite news | url = http://herocomplex.latimes.com/books/laika-boxtrolls-paranorman/ | first = Deborah | last = Netburn | work = Hero Complex | publisher = Los Angeles Times | date = February 7, 2013 | title = 'The Boxtrolls' is the next film from 'ParaNorman' animators | access-date = September 2, 2014 | archive-date = September 9, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140909145702/http://herocomplex.latimes.com/books/laika-boxtrolls-paranorman/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
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* [[Dee Bradley Baker]] as Fish, Wheels, and Bucket,<ref name="focus features site"/> three Boxtrolls. Fish is the gentle yet skittish adoptive father of Eggs.<ref name="boxtrolls dee blum">{{cite web | url = http://www.toonzone.net/2014/09/toonzone-interviews-dee-bradley-baker-steve-blum-speak-boxtroll/ | title = Toonzone Interviews Dee Bradley Baker & Steve Blum on How to Speak Boxtroll | date = September 25, 2014 | work = Toonzone | first = Ed | last = Liu | access-date = October 30, 2014 | archive-date = November 1, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151101055003/http://www.toonzone.net/2014/09/toonzone-interviews-dee-bradley-baker-steve-blum-speak-boxtroll/ | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="boxtrolls dee">{{cite web|url=http://blog.digitaltutors.com/dt-exclusive-interview-boxtrolls-voice-sound-artist-dee-baker/|title=DT Interviews "Boxtrolls" Voice and Sound Artist, Dee Baker|work=Digital-Tutors Blog|access-date=October 7, 2014|archive-date=October 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010085245/http://blog.digitaltutors.com/dt-exclusive-interview-boxtrolls-voice-sound-artist-dee-baker/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Steve Blum]] as Shoe and Sparky,<ref name="focus features site"/> two Boxtrolls.<ref name="boxtrolls dee blum"/>
* [[Jared Harris]] as Lord Charles Portley-Rind,<ref name=CSAnnounce /> Winnie's father, the cheese-obsessed leader of the White Hats, and the leader of Cheesebridge.<ref name="the wrap"/>
* [[Toni Collette]] as Lady Cynthia Portley-Rind,<ref name=CSAnnounce /><ref name="focus features site">{{cite web | url = http://www.focusfeatures.com/the_boxtrolls | title = The Boxtrolls - Movie Overview | work = Focus Features | publisher = NBC Universal | access-date = September 2, 2014 | archive-date = September 22, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140922081827/http://www.focusfeatures.com/the_boxtrolls | url-status = live }} - Cast & Crew</ref> Winnie's mother and Lord Portley-Rind's snobbish wife.<ref name="the wrap">{{cite web | url = https://www.thewrap.com/boxtrolls-review-laika-animation-ben-kingsley/ | title = 'Boxtrolls' Venice Review: A Charmless Misfire from Laika Studios | first = Alonso | last = Durade | date = August 30, 2014 | work = [[The Wrap]] | access-date = April 17, 2020 | archive-date = September 25, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200925031726/https://www.thewrap.com/boxtrolls-review-laika-animation-ben-kingsley/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Nick Frost]] as Mr. Trout,<ref name=CSAnnounce /> Snatcher's corpulent, bumbling, yet intellectual employee.<ref name="the wrap"/>
* [[Richard Ayoade]] as Mr. Pickles,<ref name=CSAnnounce /> Snatcher's tall, spindly, well-meaning but misguided employee.<ref name="the wrap"/>
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==Production==
[[File:Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable, The Boxtrolls, Comic-Con (crop).jpg|thumb|left|Directors [[Anthony Stacchi]] and [[Graham Annable]] promoting the film at the 2014 [[San Diego Comic-Con
In June 2008, [[Laika (company)|Laika]] unveiled a slate of projects in development, among which was also an animated feature film adaptation of the 2005 Alan Snow novel ''[[Here Be Monsters!]]'', eventually to become ''The Boxtrolls''. The animation technique wasn't yet decided upon, but [[Anthony Stacchi]] was set to direct the film.<ref>{{cite news|last1=S. Cohen|first1=David|last2=Debruge|first2=Peter|title=Laika unveils development slate|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117987963/|access-date=February 7, 2013|newspaper=Variety|date=June 23, 2008}}</ref> Laika announced on February 7, 2013, that the adaptation would be their next [[3D film|3D]] [[stop motion]] feature, under the title ''The Boxtrolls''. Directed by Stacchi and [[Graham Annable]],<ref name=CSAnnounce /> Laika CEO Travis Knight noted that the biggest challenge of the film was to condense a 550-page novel down to a 90-minute film.<ref name="Denofgeek">{{cite web|title=Laika CEO Travis Knight talks The Boxtrolls and the Future of Stop-Motion Animation|url=http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/the-boxtrolls/239547/laika-ceo-travis-knight-talks-the-boxtrolls-and-the-future-of-stop-motion-animation|website=Den of Geek|date=September 29, 2014|access-date=March 24, 2016|archive-date=March 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311040159/http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/the-boxtrolls/239547/laika-ceo-travis-knight-talks-the-boxtrolls-and-the-future-of-stop-motion-animation|url-status=live}}</ref> Initially the film focused on all five species of creatures found in the original book, but Knight noted that the script "ultimately was hollow" with all the monsters, and that "it didn't really have anything to say."<ref name="Denofgeek"/> The team ended up focusing on the Boxtrolls as Knight thought "there was something that was really compelling about that group of characters".<ref name="Denofgeek"/>
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==Music==
{{Main|The Boxtrolls (soundtrack)}}
On December 4, 2013, composer [[Dario Marianelli]] was hired to score ''The Boxtrolls'', the first animated feature film of his career.<ref name="filmmusicreporter.com"/> On August 30, 2014, it was announced that [[Back Lot Music]] would release a soundtrack album for the film on September 23, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title='The Boxtrolls' Soundtrack Details|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2014/08/30/the-boxtrolls-soundtrack-details/|access-date=August 31, 2014|publisher=filmmusicreporter.com|date=August 30, 2014|archive-date=September 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904045056/http://filmmusicreporter.com/2014/08/30/the-boxtrolls-soundtrack-details/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Reception==
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Tom Huddleston of ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' gave the film three out of five stars, saying "Breathlessly paced and surreally funny, ''The Boxtrolls'' fizzes with visual invention and wild slapstick. But the grotesquerie is overbearing."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/the-boxtrolls|title=The BoxTrolls|work=Time Out London|date=September 9, 2014|access-date=September 26, 2014|archive-date=September 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924131352/http://www.timeout.com/london/film/the-boxtrolls|url-status=live}}</ref> Alonso Duralde of ''[[The Wrap]]'' gave the film a negative review, saying "A surprisingly charmless and aimless movie from Laika Studios, who previously crafted the wonderfully dark ''Coraline'' and ''ParaNorman'', this latest venture seems destined to disturb young viewers while thoroughly boring their parents."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/boxtrolls-review-laika-animation-ben-kingsley/|title='Boxtrolls' Venice Review: A Charmless Misfire from Laika Studios|work=TheWrap|date=August 30, 2014|access-date=September 26, 2014|archive-date=September 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924151815/http://www.thewrap.com/boxtrolls-review-laika-animation-ben-kingsley/|url-status=live}}</ref> Amy Nicholson of ''[[LA Weekly]]'' gave the film a B+, saying "''The Boxtrolls'' is a kiddie charmer that makes you laugh, cower and think of Hitler. That's an unusual trifecta, but then again, this is an unusual film."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/los-angeles/the-boxtrolls/Film?oid=2242607|title=The Boxtrolls|date=September 4, 2014|work=LA Weekly|access-date=September 26, 2014|archive-date=September 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924151402/http://www.laweekly.com/los-angeles/the-boxtrolls/Film?oid=2242607|url-status=live}}</ref> James Rocchi of [[Film.com]] gave the film a 5.8 out of 10, saying "''The Boxtrolls'' is a swing-and-miss for Laika; when you move forward with revolutionary techniques while standing still in terms of your themes, stories and settings, no amount of technical trickery or animation genius can bring the boring to vivid life."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.film.com/movies/review-the-boxtrolls|title=Review: 'The Boxtrolls'|work=Film.com|access-date=September 26, 2014|archive-date=September 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924120422/http://www.film.com/movies/review-the-boxtrolls|url-status=live}}</ref> Jake Coyle of the [[Associated Press]] gave the film a positive review, saying "''The Boxtrolls'', despite a rather uncertainly structured story by screenwriters Irena Brignull and Adam Pava, has its pleasantly demented charms."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/review-boxtrolls-demented-charm-25712309|title=Review: 'Boxtrolls' Has a Demented Charm|work=ABC News|access-date=September 26, 2014|archive-date=September 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930142342/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/review-boxtrolls-demented-charm-25712309|url-status=live}}</ref>
A. A. Dowd of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' gave the film a B+, saying "In an age when most cartoon companies have traded pens for pixels, the magicians at Laika continue to create fantastically elaborate universes out of pure elbow grease."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/review/makers-coraline-return-another-morbid-marvel-boxtr-209655|title=Review: The makers of Coraline return with another morbid marvel, The Boxtrolls · Movie Review · The A.V. Club|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=September 25, 2014|access-date=September 26, 2014|archive-date=September 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925205051/http://www.avclub.com/review/makers-coraline-return-another-morbid-marvel-boxtr-209655|url-status=live}}</ref> John Hartl of ''[[The Seattle Times]]'' gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Visually the film is a feast, stuffed with little jokes and surprises and the kind of black humor that Alfred Hitchcock heartily enjoyed."<ref name=SeattleTimesReview>{{cite news|last1=Harti|first1=John|title='The BoxTrolls': Out comes humor, surprises, great visuals|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/entertainment/2024620488_boxtrollsreviewxml.html|access-date=October 17, 2014|work=The Seattle Times|date=September 25, 2014|archive-date=November 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110224320/http://seattletimes.com/html/entertainment/2024620488_boxtrollsreviewxml.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Brian Truitt of ''[[USA Today]]'' gave the film three out of four stars, saying "A delectable treat that balances themes of identity and class warfare with Monty Python-style political skewering, quirky humor and dairy jokes."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2014/09/25/the-boxtrolls-movie-review/16133483/|title='The Boxtrolls' opens up a quirky world of fun|author=Brian Truitt, USA TODAY|date=September 25, 2014|access-date=September 26, 2014|work=USA Today|archive-date=September 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926131707/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2014/09/25/the-boxtrolls-movie-review/16133483/|url-status=live}}</ref> Mick LaSalle of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' gave the film two out of four stars, saying "One gets the sense that directors Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable have their hearts in the action sequences and not in the characters, and that's a problem."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/The-Boxtrolls-review-Lovely-animation-but-5780344.php|title='The Boxtrolls' review: Technically glorious but boxed-in fantasy|date=September 25, 2014|work=SFGate|access-date=September 26, 2014|first=Mick|last=LaSalle|archive-date=September 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925234328/http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/The-Boxtrolls-review-Lovely-animation-but-5780344.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Michael Phillips of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' gave the film two out of four stars, saying "''The Boxtrolls'' remains relentlessly busy up through its final credits, and it's clever in a nattering way. But it's virtually charmless."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-boxtrolls-20140925-column.html|title=Boxtrolls review|date=September 25, 2014|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=September 26, 2014|archive-date=September 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926181817/http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-boxtrolls-20140925-column.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Michael O'Sullivan of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' gave the film three out of four stars, saying "The story of ''The Boxtrolls'', in lesser hands, might have turned out only so-so. Under Laika's loving, labor-intensive touch, it takes on a kind of magic."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/the-boxtrolls-movie-review-intricate-stop-motion-animation-carries-a-sweet-story/2014/09/25/eff6a1da-4283-11e4-b47c-f5889e061e5f_story.html|title='The Boxtrolls' movie review: Intricate stop-motion animation carries a sweet story|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=September 26, 2014|first=Michael|last=Ou2019sullivan|date=September 25, 2014|archive-date=September 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927064725/http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/the-boxtrolls-movie-review-intricate-stop-motion-animation-carries-a-sweet-story/2014/09/25/eff6a1da-4283-11e4-b47c-f5889e061e5f_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Richard Corliss of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' gave the film a positive review, saying "''The Boxtrolls'' has its penny-dreadful moments, but it's mostly a larkish stroll through a cemetery where the monsters are the good guys."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://time.com/3423091/boxtrolls-movie-review/|title=The Boxtrolls Movie Review: Laika Follows Up Coraline With New Pic|magazine=Time|access-date=September 26, 2014|first=Richard|last=Corliss|date=September 24, 2014|archive-date=September 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926070030/http://time.com/3423091/boxtrolls-movie-review/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Ethan Gilsdorf of ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' gave the film a positive review, saying "Like one of its wondrously designed steampunky contraptions, ''The Boxtrolls'' is a marvelous thing to behold, and watch spin, even if it doesn't go anywhere terribly interesting."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/movies/2014/09/25/movie-review-stylistically-least-boxtrolls-thinks-outside-box/8N5drFvxZLfugctd3O5jVI/story.html|title=Movie review: Stylistically, at least, 'Boxtrolls' thinks outside the box - Movies|work=Boston Globe|access-date=September 26, 2014|archive-date=September 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140929042418/http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/movies/2014/09/25/movie-review-stylistically-least-boxtrolls-thinks-outside-box/8N5drFvxZLfugctd3O5jVI/story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Bruce Demara of the ''[[Toronto Star]]'' gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying "From Laika, the animation studio that brought you such memorably quirky classics as ''Coraline'' and ''ParaNorman'' comes another totally offbeat and original tale for kids (and adults) looking for something a little more challenging and completely off the wall."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2014/09/25/boxtrolls_thinks_outside_the_traditional_animated_box_review.html|title=Boxtrolls thinks outside the traditional animated box: review|work=thestar.com|access-date=September 26, 2014|location=Toronto|archive-date=September 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140929043046/http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2014/09/25/boxtrolls_thinks_outside_the_traditional_animated_box_review.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Rafer Guzman of ''[[Newsday]]'' gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "''The Boxtrolls'' has moments of humor and imagination, but American children may not be its ideal audience."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/the-boxtrolls-review-more-monty-python-than-walt-disney-1.9397354|title='The Boxtrolls' review: More Monty Python than Walt Disney|work=Newsday|access-date=September 26, 2014|archive-date=September 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926034459/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/the-boxtrolls-review-more-monty-python-than-walt-disney-1.9397354|url-status=live}}</ref> [[A. O. Scott]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' gave the film a positive review, saying "In ''The Boxtrolls'', old-fashioned stop-motion animation is combined with new-style 3-D cinematography to charming effect."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/26/movies/the-boxtrolls-is-an-adaptation-of-here-be-monsters.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1|title='The Boxtrolls' Is an Adaptation of 'Here Be Monsters!'|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 26, 2014|first=A. O.|last=Scott|date=September 25, 2014|archive-date=October 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018215939/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/26/movies/the-boxtrolls-is-an-adaptation-of-here-be-monsters.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1|url-status=live}}</ref> David Rooney of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' gave the film a mixed review, saying "There's a crucial shortage of heart here, from the messy storytelling to the hit-or-miss humor and unattractive visuals."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/boxtrolls/review/729292|title='The Boxtrolls': Venice Review|date=August 30, 2014|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=September 26, 2014|first=David|last=Rooney|archive-date=September 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924123425/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/boxtrolls/review/729292|url-status=live}}</ref> Steve Persall of the ''[[Tampa Bay Times]]'' gave the film a D, saying "''The Boxtrolls'' is a visually repellent pile of stop-motion animation, populated by grotesques and filmed in the palette of an exhumed casket's interior. It can frighten small children and bore anyone, with its cracked, cackled British wit."<ref>{{cite web|url=
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