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Reviews Counted:70
Fresh:68
Rotten:2
Average Rating:8.2/10
Consensus: A stunningly original and visually delightful work of stop-motion animation.
Runtime: 76 mins
Genre: Childrens
Synopsis: Tim Burton's holiday classic, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, makes a return to the big screen this holiday season in stunning Disney Digital 3D™. The dazzling new make-over of the ... [More]
Starring: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey
Director: Henry Selick
The Nightmare Before Christmas is a major step forward for both stop-motion animation, which is stunningly well used, and for Mr. Burton himself. He now moves from the level of extremely talented eccentric to that of Disney-style household word.
Top CriticAnnoying music by Danny Elfman.
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In many ways it is a very clever film, but it never lives up to the promise of its visual brilliance.
It's a Dead Man's Party in Santa's Village ... clever and infectious
A timeless (and often headless) classic.
With painstaking stop-motion photography, director Selick and his team have created a fluid universe that is not so much a cartoon world as a pretend world.
Some kind of bizarre classic.
Feels longer than it is, but still good fun.
A decade of overexposure still can't diminish its iconoclastic glee.
Freaky fairy tale has fluffy story line, fantastic visuals.
Burton has produced a timeless classic.
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One addictive picture which you won't be able to help but watch again and again
Nightmare gets and 'A' for visual effort, but falls short as a total viewing experience because of Burton's historical inability to tell a good story.
Top CriticUna joya de la cinematografía animada y musical.
Despite the macabre humor, there’s something touchingly innocent about Halloweentown.
Of all the new Halloween films, only this one has the power to truly haunt our dreams.
Burton, Elfman and director Henry Selick, whose camera movements are more inventive than most live-action pictures, have certainly created one of the most surprisingly unique films to come along in many a full moon.
This brilliant combination of stop-motion animation, three-dimensional sets and superbly imaginative graphics, brings animation to new peaks.
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October 22, 2006:
Box Office Wrapup: Prestige Defeats Flags for #1 Spot
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October 19, 2006:
Critical Consensus: "Flags" Flies High; "The Prestige" Is Magic; "Flicka" Is A Pretty Good Ride; "Marie Antoinette" Spared Critical Guillotine
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