the fantastic Fantastic Mr. Fox.

I saw Wes Anderson's latest, Fantastic Mr. Fox, today and, while it may be in clay animation, it's an Anderson picture through and through. It's filled with dry wit, subtle jabs, and that signature brand of humor you don't really understand until later in the film. The same goes for the film's brilliance which I didn't fully grasp until the very end.

With this film, Anderson has taken a beloved children's book by Roald Dahl and created a wonderfully subversive, essentially anti-capitalist tale. And this atop the film's incredibly complex, daring, and hilariously quirky animation. Add in a fantastic score borrowing from, among others, Francois Truffaut's classic Day for Night (as he did in his American Express commercial) and the end result is a smart, emotionally genuine animated film for adults. And you thought Wes Anderson was losing his touch!