Boxtrolls, The Movie Cover

Boxtrolls, The

PG, 2014, Focus Features

Director:

Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable

Starring:

Ben Kingsley, Elle Fanning, IsaacHempstead Wright, Steven Blum, Dee Bradley Baker, Nika Futterman

Plot:

A young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator. Based on the children's novel 'Here Be Monsters' by Alan Snow.

1

Town lives in fear of fabled trolls

Themes: Fear, Hiding

2

Greedy troll covets friend's possessions

Themes: Covet, Desires, Greed

3

City officials spend council meetings eating cheese

Themes: Distraction, Leadership, Work Ethic, Priorities

4

Members of prestigious society exclude poor man

Themes: Appearances, Prejudice, Status

5

Lactose-intolerant man insists on eating cheese

Themes: Advice, Desires, Sin, Greed, Warning

6

Girl describes qualities of a good father

Themes: Fatherhood, Father's Love, God's Love

7

Boy believes people have power to change

Themes: Change, Identity in Christ, New Creation, Transformation, Self-Control

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Girl tells villains they can choose to be heroes

Themes: Choices, Redemption, Salvation, Witnessing

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