Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated adaptation of “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” the Roald Dahl children’s book, features the voice of George Clooney as the title character. As the movie opens, Mr. Fox is stealing squabs, only to be apprehended and, we’re meant to assume, rehabilitated. Two years later, he’s living in cozy domesticity with Mrs. Fox (voiced by Meryl Streep) and their son, Ash (Jason Schwartzman), and working as a journalist.

Still, the dapper, cosmopolitan Mr. Fox is experiencing a bout of midlife dissatisfaction, which he addresses first by buying a house far beyond his means in a very grand tree, then by reverting to his poultry-stealing ways and, when his recidivism threatens his entire community, taking his family and neighbors with him on an “Ocean’s Eleven”-type spree. But for the most part, the film ambles along with a genteel, understated sense of whimsy and warmth.

The film contains action and smoking.

“Fantastic Mr. Fox” (PG, 87 minutes): Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated adaptation of the Roald Dahl children’s book features the voice of George Clooney as the title character, who as the movie opens is stealing squabs, only to be apprehended and, we’re meant to assume, rehabilitated. Two years later, he’s living in cozy domesticity with Mrs. Fox (voiced by Meryl Streep) and their son, Ash (Jason Schwartzman), and working as a journalist, a profession only slightly less disreputable than the one he had before. Still, the dapper, cosmopolitan Mr. Fox is experiencing a bout of midlife dissatisfaction, which he addresses first by buying a house far beyond his means in a very grand tree, then by reverting to his poultry-stealing ways and, when his recidivism threatens his entire community, taking his family and neighbors with him on an “Ocean’s Eleven”-type spree. But for the most part, the film ambles along with a genteel, understated sense of whimsy and warmth. Contains action and smoking. DVD extras: featurettes.