Boxtrolls, The

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Synopsis

Animated Fantasy/Adventure. Based on the book 'Here Be Monsters' by Alan Snow. A boy (voice of Isaac Hempstead Wright) is orphaned and raised as a Boxtroll, a secretive species of underground-dwelling scavengers and inventors; when their world is threatened, they receive help from a girl from the world above (voice of Elle Fanning).

Content elements

• Infrequent references to gruesome deaths in a fantasy context
• Frequent peril and threat to main characters - some frightening detail
• Infrequent crude portrayals of bodily functions - little detail

Thematic elements

• Misuses of power
• The families we make
• Individuality and self-acceptance
• Codes of conduct

Classification rationale

Rated PG for some frightening scenes

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