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Kubo and the Two Strings

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Kubo and the Two Strings

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Animated fantasy adventure from the makers of Coraline and The Boxtrolls, featuring the voices of Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey and Art Parkinson. Artistically gifted orphan Kubo joins forces with a monkey and a beetle to locate a magical suit of samurai armour that will help him thwart an evil spirit.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Alan Jones

Peerless stop-motion puppetry and creative CGI create a dazzling fable woven around rich metaphors for love, loneliness and loss, in this Bafta-winning marvel from Laika, the studio behind Coraline, ParaNorman and The Boxtrolls. Director Travis Knight places his engaging characters in a fantastical ancient Japan where artistically gifted orphan Kubo (voiced by Art Parkinson) embarks on a quest for a magical suit of samurai armour, his only protection against supernaturally twisted relatives and the evil Moon King (Ralph Fiennes). Aided by a snow monkey (Charlize Theron) and a warrior beetle (Matthew McConaughey), Kubo battles gods and monsters drawn from the realms of Oriental myth and Japanese folklore. Introducing disability and parental health issues into its exquisite mix of origami and traditional woodblock design, this gorgeously detailed animated masterpiece is enchanting from the first frame.

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7.7/10

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Cast

rolenameMonkeyCharlize TheronKuboArt ParkinsonMoon KingRalph FiennesHosatoGeorge TakeiHashiCary-Hiroyuki TagawaKameyoBrenda VaccaroThe sistersRooney MaraBeetleMatthew McConaugheyMariMeyrick MurphyMinaeMinae Noji

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rolenameDirectorTravis Knight

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Theatrical distributor

Universal

Released on

2016-09-09

Languages

English

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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