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“Heroes come in all shapes and sizes... even rectangles.”
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.

Ben Kingsley
Snatcher (voice)

Isaac Hempstead Wright
Eggs (voice)

Elle Fanning
Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)

Dee Bradley Baker
Fish / Wheels / Bucket (voice)

Toni Collette
Lady Cynthia Portley-Rind (voice)

Jared Harris
Lord Portley-Rind (voice)

Nick Frost
Mr. Trout (voice)

Richard Ayoade
Mr. Pickles (voice)

Tracy Morgan
Mr. Gristle (voice)

Simon Pegg
Herbert Trubshaw (voice)
The Boxtrolls is a animation, comedy, family, fantasy film released in 2014 exploring themes of based on novel or book, parent child relationship, stop motion, unlikely friendship, duringcreditsstinger. Directed by Graham Annable, it stars Ben Kingsley, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Elle Fanning. 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.
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