Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- adventurous
- sincere
- whimsical
- family movie night
- children's animation
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Little Jack's central mission is to rescue his father and other woodland animals from a circus troupe.
The fox receives crucial help from a nature-loving disabled boy and a young acrobat girl.
The initially happy forest community faces capture, forced performance, and the danger of sharing the father's fate.
Finding and freeing the captured animals drives Little Jack's actions from the inciting abduction onward.
Films like A Fox's Tale, and why
The Fox and the Hound
animated animal adventure centered on a young fox confronting human threats and protecting woodland creatures
The Rescuers
family animation combining talking animals, peril, friendship, and an uplifting rescue-oriented adventure
The Secret of NIMH
European animated animal fantasy with a young protagonist, woodland setting, and themes of courage and liberation
Movie Details
- Director
- György Gát
- Release Date
- 2008-04-17
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Rating
- 1.7 / 10 (24)
Cast
- János Gálvölgyi
- Gábor Csöre
- Balázs Simonyi
- Gabi Gubás
- Gabi Borbás
- Gábor Reviczky
- János Kulka
- Gyula Bodrogi
- Árpád Besenczi
- Gábor Forgács
Common questions
- What is A Fox's Tale about?
- A young fox teams with unlikely human friends to free his captive father and protect the woodland animals from a circus troupe.
- What is A Fox's Tale like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of A Fox's Tale as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is A Fox's Tale violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in A Fox's Tale as mild.
- Which films are like A Fox's Tale?
- Films with a similar feel include The Fox and the Hound, The Rescuers, and The Secret of NIMH.
- How long is A Fox's Tale?
- A Fox's Tale runs 85 minutes.
In Ember's collections
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