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Genres:
Animation, Family
Language:
English
Running time:
1:32:44
Partner rating:
PG
Released:
Quality:
480 (DVD equivalent)

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Kodi Smit-McPhee Norman Babcock
  2. Tucker Albrizzi Neil
  3. Anna Kendrick Courtney
  4. Casey Affleck Mitch
  5. Christopher Mintz-Plasse Alvin
  6. Leslie Mann Sandra Babcock
  7. Jeff Garlin Perry Babcock
  8. Elaine Stritch Grandma
  9. Bernard Hill The Judge
  10. Jodelle Ferland
  11. Tempestt Bledsoe
  12. Alex Borstein
  13. John Goodman Mr. Prenderghast

Directors

  1. Sam Fell
  2. Chris Butler

Producers

  1. Arianne Sutner
  2. Travis Knight

Writers

  1. Chris Butler

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ParaNorman

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Writer/director Chris Butler puts his experience working on Coraline and Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride to good use in this charmingly morbid tale of an eccentric young hero facing supernatural forces that would make most grown-ups cower in fear. Eleven-year-old Norman Babcock (voice of Kodi Smit-McPhee) is a young misfit with a remarkable gift: He sees dead people. Although Norman's clairvoyance allows him the unique opportunity to enjoy the c... Writer/director Chris Butler puts his experience working on Coraline and Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride to good use in this charmingly morbid tale of an eccentric young hero facing supernatural forces that would make most grown-ups cower in fear. Eleven-year-old Norman Babcock (voice of Kodi Smit-McPhee) is a young misfit with a remarkable gift: He sees dead people. Although Norman's clairvoyance allows him the unique opportunity to enjoy the company of his beloved grandmother (Elaine Stritch) long after she has ceased to be, it also drives his frustrated father Perry (Jeff Garlin) and popularity-obsessed sister Courtney (Anna Kendrick) up the wall at home and makes him the target of dim-witted bully Alvin (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) at school. His only friend is portly Neil (Tucker Albrizzi), who isn't exactly a beacon of coolness. When Norman's deceased uncle Prenderghast (John Goodman), a local pariah, warns the young boy that he must save their small town of Blithe Hollow from a witch's curse that has plagued the area for centuries, the young creature-feature addict isn't entirely sure how to respond -- that is, until the sky turns red, the clouds start to swirl, and the dead rise up from their graves. Now, as a terrified mob takes to the streets with torches in hand, it's up to Norman, Courtney, Alvin, Neil, and Neil's older brother Mitch (Casey Affleck) to put things right, even if it means confronting the 300-year-old curse that has haunted Blithe Hollow ever since the notorious witch hunts of the 18th century.

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Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'fresh' by Rotten Tomatoes

86%Tomatometer score: 86% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Positive review
    Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK] It's an engaging entertainment, with a solidly constructed storyline. – Full review External link
  2. Positive review
    Robbie Collin, Daily Telegraph Tweens, rather than children, will savour its snarky bite, although like the shambling on-screen cadavers, the story needed a bit more meat on its bones. – Full review External link
  3. Positive review
    Cath Clarke, Time Out Ghoulish? Yes. Funny? You bet. – Full review External link
  4. Positive review
    Kim Newman, Empire Magazine Ingenious and wonderfully detailed, though better in its imaginative horror than its slightly too-broad comic knockabout. – Full review External link
  5. Positive review
    Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com Paranorman has a unique look that's equal parts old school and cutting edge. – Full review External link
  6. Positive review
    Bruce Diones, New Yorker The film avoids the pandering of many animated features, bringing an acerbic edge and a thrilling intelligence to its story. – Full review External link
  7. Positive review
    Amanda Mae Meyncke, Film.com "ParaNorman" took a huge risk on a scarier concept, and it paid off enormously. – Full review External link

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