ParaNorman Reviews

PARANORMAN is ambitious and inventive, marvelously conceived, but the bulk of its value lies within the movie's open-minded philosophy.

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Movies that set themselves firmly against bullying are great, but ones that play to horror fans are even better.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

An extremely strange blend of genres and styles, ParaNorman somehow manages to pull it off...sort of.

Full Review | Original Score: 58/100

Kids who can handle the bumps should find much to love in this beautifully animated ramshackle parcel, one that's packed full of detail, humour and positive messages.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

ParaNorman is style, substance, [delicious] brains and a huge [cold dead] heart.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5

ParaNorman demonstrates - as did films such as Coraline, The Corpse Bride, Wallace & Gromit and The Nightmare Before Christmas - that stop-motion animation has a texture and warmth that can't (yet!) be replicated by computer.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

I still liked ParaNorman and it deserves to be seen for its wit and the work of its passionate animators.

Full Review | Original Score: B+

Bristling with energy, here's a delectable 3D film that's inventive, funny, devilishly ghoulish, loaded with splendid effects and a heartfelt story at its core

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Funny, frightening, exciting and extremely thoughtful about the nature of the conflict at the core of the film, ParaNorman is a standout feature animation.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5

Norman (Kodi Smit-McPhee) loves zombie movies, monster movies, and all other kinds of movies about dead people, the grosser and gooier the better.

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The inner horror fan is accessed via the child inside in this quirky stop-motion animation treat

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

Like its hero, this smart, funny and beautifully animated film achieves great things by daring to be different.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

Charming stop-motion lumps chase a witch

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

For moviegoers who tend to look down their nose at horror films, ParaNorman offers proof positive that the genre that gets us screaming can also have real substance.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

...this is truly edgy for children's fare.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

It's probably a tad too scary for really small humans, but anyone from seven upwards will find ParaNorman's adventures firmly stick in their braaaiiinnns.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

Paranorman proves that Laika Entertainment has some great talent, great ideas, and a bright future telling dark tales about uplifting and insightful life lessons.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

Dismal, yet profound and pungent... [M]ake[s] its points in ways more sharp and brutal than other 'children's' films...

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A savvy, intelligent, well-crafted animated horror comedy for kids should also appeal to adult horror fans as well.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5

... not so much creepy as simply unpleasant ...

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5