‘Mr. Fox’ is a fantastic DVD release

Another George Clooney film that was universally acclaimed but failed to cash in at the Academy Awards is being released Tuesday.

The Fantastic Mr. Fox, director Wes “Rushmore” Anderson’s first-ever stop-action animated feature, is a marvel. It’s a wonderful straight-up telling of the seminal Roald Dahl story with terrific voice-talent (especially Clooney, Meryl Streep and Bill Murray) and suitably scruffy furred characters.

Mr. Fox, a former pro chicken thief who gave it up for his marriage, sets out on “one last job,” incurring the wrath of three farmers who join forces in an all-out war on him and his critter-neighbors.

David King and Bill Raker of Leo Weekly says it is “one of the best flicks we’ve seen in a coon’s age; our highest recommendation.”

For more of King and Raker’s view on this week’s DVD releases, including The Blind Side and yet another George Clooney vehicle, Men Who Stare at Goats, click here.