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The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:16
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.1/10
Consensus: A stunningly original and visually delightful work of stop-motion animation.
Theatrical Release:Oct 20, 2006 Limited
Box Office: $356,022
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
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Reviews for The Nightmare Before Christmas
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Top CriticThe set designs are ingenious and the songs (music and lyrics by Danny Elfman) are fairly good.
11/27/07
Top CriticThe dazzling techniques employed here create a strikinglook that's never been seen in such sustained form, making this a unique curio that will appeal to kids and film enthusiasts alike.
11/27/07
Top CriticThe hippest of all holiday classics, the 1993 release rendered anew in 3-D format remains a postmodern three-ring circus of morbid humor, eye-popping puppet animation and show-stopping songs.
10/30/06
Top CriticFlattened for years on cable and video, Nightmare has been resurrected in all its tactile glory.
10/25/06
Top Critic(Producer Tim) Burton's skewed vision is seamlessly realized by director Henry Selick and cleverly enhanced by Danny Elfman's songs.
10/20/06
Top CriticThe director of the film, a veteran stop-action master named Henry Selick, is the person who has made it all work. And his achievement is enormous.
10/20/06
Top CriticThis is the movie puts the "oooh" back in "boo."
10/20/06
Top CriticThirteen years after its debut, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas has gone 3D, which makes a good thing even better.
10/20/06
Top CriticIf the 3-D fails to grab you as much as you might hope, it never takes you out of the movie, which is a remarkable feat.
10/19/06
Top CriticThe 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.
05/20/03
Top CriticOf all the new Halloween films, only this one has the power to truly haunt our dreams.
05/12/01
Top CriticThis brilliant combination of stop-motion animation, three-dimensional sets and superbly imaginative graphics, brings animation to new peaks.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe Nightmare Before Christmas has something to offer just about everyone.
01/01/00
Top CriticThis is a modern classic that enriches the Christmas tradition by turning it on its head and spinning it like a bob.
01/01/00
Top CriticWorking with gifted artists and designers, [Burton] has made a world here that is as completely new as the worlds we saw for the first time in such films as Metropolis, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari or Star Wars.
01/01/00
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