在这部盒子怪喜剧/动画/冒险片中,《盒子怪》根据阿兰·斯诺(Alan Snow)的小说《这里有怪兽》(Here Be Monsters)改编,是一个幽默的寓言故事。“奶酪桥”(Cheesebridge)是维多利亚时期一个光鲜亮丽的城市,这里的居民痴迷于财富、等级,还有臭奶酪!然而在他们别致的鹅卵石道路之下住着一群“可怕”的怪物,他们每天晚上都会从下水道爬出来,偷走居民家中的孩子和奶酪——当然,这只是当地居民的一面之词!事实上“盒子怪”是一群非常可爱害羞的生物,他们躲在可回收的纸板箱里,就像乌龟喜欢缩在自己的壳里一样。盒子怪们收养了一个人类孤儿,给他起名“蛋生”(Eggs),这个小男孩和一个爱冒险的地上世界的女孩温妮(Winnie)成为了好朋友,他们需要在盒子怪与人类之间架起一座桥梁——尤其是当人类政客为了选票而把盒子怪们描绘成一群可怕怪物,进而煽动民众驱逐他们的时候……
《盒子怪》是LAIKA公司继《卡罗兰》(Coraline)、《超凡的诺曼》(ParaNorman)之后的第三部动画片,由动画片《狩猎季节》(Open Season)导演Anthony Stacchi和《卡罗兰》、《超凡的诺曼》的故事艺术家Graham Annable共同执导。影片配音阵容强大,包括了本·金斯利(Ben Kingsley)、艾丽·范宁(Elle Fanning)、西蒙·佩吉(Simon Pegg)、尼克·弗罗斯特(Nick Frost)等
THE BOXTROLLS are a community of quirky, mischievous creatures who have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy named Eggs in the amazing cavernous home they've built beneath the streets of a city called Cheesebridge. The story is about a young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors who tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator, the town's villain, Archibald Snatcher. When Snatcher comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls. Eggs decides to venture above ground and "into the light," where he meets and teams up with fabulously feisty Winnie. Together, they devise a daring plan to save The BoxTrolls family. The film is based upon the children's novel 'Here Be Monsters' by Alan Snow.
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