The Boxtrolls
2014 Comedy/Family/Adventure/Fantasy Rated PG 97 Minutes
In Theaters | September 26, 2014 | |||
On 4K UHD | February 28, 2023 | |||
On Blu-ray | January 20, 2015 | |||
On DVD | Not Available |
Principal Cast
- Ben Kingsley (voice)
- Toni Collette (voice)
- Elle Fanning (voice)
- Isaac Hempstead-Wright (voice)
- Jared Harris (voice)
- Simon Pegg (voice)
- Nick Frost (voice)
- Richard Ayoade (voice)
- Tracy Morgan (voice)
Director
Writer
The Boxtrolls is a comedic fable that unfolds in Cheesebridge, a posh Victorian-era town obsessed with wealth, class, and the stinkiest of fine cheeses. Beneath its charming cobblestone streets dwell the Boxtrolls, foul monsters who crawl out of the sewers at night and steal what the townspeople hold most dear: their children and their cheeses. At least, that's the legend residents have always believed. In truth, the Boxtrolls are an underground cavern-dwelling community of quirky and lovable oddballs who wear recycled cardboard boxes the way turtles wear their shells. The Boxtrolls have raised an orphaned human boy, Eggs (voiced by Hempstead-Wright), since infancy as one of their dumpster-diving and mechanical junk-collecting own. When the Boxtrolls are targeted by villainous pest exterminator Archibald Snatcher (Kingsley), who is bent on eradicating them as his ticket to Cheesebridge society, the kindhearted band of tinkerers must turn to their adopted charge and adventurous rich girl Winnie (Fanning) to bridge two worlds amidst the winds of change — and cheese.
Rated PG for action, some peril and mild rude humor.
Box office gross: $50.8 million. View box office history.
Released by Universal and Focus. See more credits.
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