A young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator.A young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator.A young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 8 wins & 61 nominations total
Ben Kingsley
- Snatcher
- (voice)
Nick Frost
- Mr. Trout
- (voice)
Richard Ayoade
- Mr. Pickles
- (voice)
Steve Blum
- Shoe
- (voice)
- …
Dee Bradley Baker
- Fish
- (voice)
- …
Max Mitchell
- Baby Eggs
- (voice)
Tracy Morgan
- Mr. Gristle
- (voice)
Nika Futterman
- Oil Can
- (voice)
- …
Pat Fraley
- Fragile
- (voice)
- …
Fred Tatasciore
- Clocks
- (voice)
- …
Isaac Hempstead Wright
- Eggs
- (voice)
James Urbaniak
- Sir Broderick
- (voice)
- …
Brian George
- Boulanger
- (voice)
- …
Simon Pegg
- Herbert Trubshaw
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBecause all of the actors and actresses recorded their parts separately, Simon Pegg was initially unaware of best friend Nick Frost's participation in the project, and vice versa.
- GoofsWhen the teddy bear's music box runs down, Baby Eggs hands the mechanism to Fish who gives the key only two half-turns. The music box then plays again, with its key somehow able to unwind for many revolutions. Later on after the Boxtrolls wake up, this impossibility is repeated, but is even worse since now the key winds/unwinds in the opposite direction.
- Crazy creditsAfter the first part of the credits, Mr. Trout and Mr. Pickles have a philosophical discussion about their place in the world while, around them, that world carries on.
- Alternate versionsIn the Latin American Spanish dubbing, Madam Fru Fru speaks in an Argentinean accent instead of a French one, and her song becomes a tango.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Troldspejlet: Episode #50.16 (2014)
- SoundtracksThe Boxtrolls Song
Words and Music by Eric Idle
Demo music arranged by Marc Mann
Arranged by Mark Orton & Ritchie Young
Performed by Mark Orton & Loch Lomond
Vocalist Sean Patrick Doyle
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An average film in my eyes
'The Boxtrolls' has parts that I like, but overall I found it slow-moving.
I enjoyed the Boxtrolls themselves, I like how they look and come across. Archibald (Ben Kingsley) and bodyguards, Messrs Trout (Nick Frost) and Pickles (Richard Ayoade), are good, as is the casting of Jared Harris as Lord Charles Portley-Rind.
With that said, I liked them individually rather than as a group. Frost and Ayoade being the key examples, despite being two of the same character I never felt a connection between them. Elsewhere, I rate Isaac Hempstead Wright and Elle Fanning as actors, but I don't feel like their voices suit the respective roles of Eggs and Winnie.
The stop-motion animation is strong, but I just feel the plot is brought to life in a sluggish manner; the ending particularly felt dragged out to me. All in all, it's an average film in my eyes.
I enjoyed the Boxtrolls themselves, I like how they look and come across. Archibald (Ben Kingsley) and bodyguards, Messrs Trout (Nick Frost) and Pickles (Richard Ayoade), are good, as is the casting of Jared Harris as Lord Charles Portley-Rind.
With that said, I liked them individually rather than as a group. Frost and Ayoade being the key examples, despite being two of the same character I never felt a connection between them. Elsewhere, I rate Isaac Hempstead Wright and Elle Fanning as actors, but I don't feel like their voices suit the respective roles of Eggs and Winnie.
The stop-motion animation is strong, but I just feel the plot is brought to life in a sluggish manner; the ending particularly felt dragged out to me. All in all, it's an average film in my eyes.
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- r96sk
- Oct 19, 2020
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Box office
- Budget
- $60,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $50,837,305
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $17,275,239
- Sep 28, 2014
- Gross worldwide
- $108,255,770
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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