Review of The Boxtrolls

I'm not really a big clay-mation fan for the most part, but the cast for this caught my eye. So I decided to go ahead and check it out. For a family movie this can be quite disturbing. There is a kid that eats bugs, a murdering cross dresser who has a disgusting allergy towards cheese , and townspeople who are basically cheese addicts. The boxtrolls are so adorable and fun to watch. It's along the lines of gross child movies like Coraline and Nightmare Before Christmas, but slightly more disturbing and uncomfortable. I think parents shouldn't let their kids watch this by themselves. That being said I think this had a good message behind it. It's a cute film with interesting characters. It's definitely a different kind of kids movie.