---
title: 'The Boxtrolls (2014)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Anthony Stacchi'
released: '2014-09-12'
runtime_minutes: 96
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-boxtrolls-2014'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0787474/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Boxtrolls (2014)

2014 · PG · 96 min · Fantasy, Comedy, Adventure · United States


## Synopsis

The Boxtrolls is a 2014 American stop-motion animated fantasy comedy film produced by Laika. Loosely based on Alan Snow's 2005 novel Here Be Monsters!, the film was directed by Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi. It features the voices of Ben Kingsley, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Elle Fanning, Dee Bradley Baker, Steve Blum, Toni Collette, Jared Harris, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade, Tracy Morgan, and Simon Pegg. Set in the fictional European country of Norvenia, the film tells the story of Eggs (Wright), a human boy raised by Boxtrolls—subterranean trolls who wear cardboard boxes—as he attempts to save them from being exterminated.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Anthony Stacchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-stacchi), [Graham Annable](https://cinepixo.com/people/graham-annable)
- **Screenplay:** [Irena Brignull](https://cinepixo.com/people/irena-brignull), [Adam Pava](https://cinepixo.com/people/adam-pava)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dario Marianelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/dario-marianelli)
- **Producer:** [Travis Knight](https://cinepixo.com/people/travis-knight)

## Cast

- [Isaac Hempstead-Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/isaac-hempstead-wright)
- [Simon Pegg](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-pegg)
- [Tracy Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/tracy-morgan)
- [Toni Collette](https://cinepixo.com/people/toni-collette)
- [Dee Bradley Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/dee-bradley-baker)
- [Richard Ayoade](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-ayoade)
- [Nick Frost](https://cinepixo.com/people/nick-frost)
- [Jared Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/jared-harris)
- [Ben Kingsley](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-kingsley)
- [James Urbaniak](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-urbaniak)
- [Elle Fanning](https://cinepixo.com/people/elle-fanning)

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Official site: http://www.theboxtrolls.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-boxtrolls-2014
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