Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

Buy This Item Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas by Walt Disney Video/Touchstone Home Video  Available from Amazon  $14.99  on 9-22-2008     For those who never thought Disney would release a film in which Santa Claus is kidnapped and tortured, well, here it is! The full title is <i>Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas</i>, which should give you an idea of the tone of this stop-action animated musical/fantasy/horror/comedy. It is based on characters created by Burton, the former Disney animator best known as the director of <i>Pee-wee's Big Adventure</i>, <i>Beetlejuice</i>, <i>Edward Scissorhands</i>, and the first two <i>Batman</i> movies. His benignly scary-funny sensibility dominates the story of Halloweentown resident Jack Skellington (voice by Danny Elfman, who also wrote the songs), who stumbles on a bizarre and fascinating alternative universe called Christmastown! Directed by Henry Selick (who later made the delightful <i> James and the Giant Peach</i>), this PG-rated picture has a reassuringly light touch. As Roger Ebert noted in his review, "some of the Halloween creatures might be a tad scary for smaller children, but this is the kind of movie older kids will eat up; it has the kind of offbeat, subversive energy that tells them wonderful things are likely to happen." <i>--Jim Emerson</i> Reader Reviews this movie is not worth being called a cult fav, i have no idea why it ever became so popular... and p.s. i actually do like james and the giant peach, just not the nightmare before christmas its soooo bad i will never watch it again.

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Available from Amazon Price: $14.99 Updated on 9-22-2008.

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