ParaNorman

    ParaNorman
    2012

    Synopsis

    In the town of Blithe Hollow, Norman Babcock can speak to the dead, but no one other than his eccentric new friend believes his ability is real. One day, Norman's eccentric uncle tells him of a ritual he must perform to protect the town from a curse cast by a witch centuries ago.

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    Cast

    • Kodi Smit-McPheeNorman Babcock (voice)
    • Tucker AlbrizziNeil Downe (voice)
    • Jodelle FerlandAggie Prenderghast (voice)
    • Anna KendrickCourtney Babcock (voice)
    • Casey AffleckMitch Downe (voice)
    • Leslie MannSandra Babcock (voice)
    • Jeff GarlinPerry Babcock (voice)
    • Christopher Mintz-PlasseAlvin (voice)
    • John GoodmanMr. Prenderghast (voice)
    • Elaine StritchGrandma Babcock (voice)

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    • 100

      The Playlist

      ParaNorman is a micro-sized masterpiece that wears its heart (and its half-eaten brains) on its sleeve.
    • 80

      Variety

      Few movies so taken with death have felt so rudely alive as ParaNorman, the latest handcrafted marvel from the stop-motion artists at Laika ("Coraline").
    • 80

      Time Out

      Sensitive parents shouldn't fret; this is the kind of grim fairy tale, equal parts midnight-movie macabre and family-round-the-hearth compassionate, that scars in all the right ways.
    • 80

      Arizona Republic

      As creepy as it is fun, and it's plenty of both, ParaNorman will delight fans of old-time horror movies.
    • 75

      Entertainment Weekly

      The story may be thin, but the project, a feat of stop-motion animation, is made with generous care by the same impressive LAIKA studio artists who conjured up the gorgeous "Coraline."
    • 70

      Village Voice

      Butler called it "John Carpenter meets John Hughes," and that does just about sum ParaNorman up, though the actual math still feels a little fuzzy.
    • 67

      IndieWire

      Unlike the polished universe of Pixar's "Brave" or countless other recent CGI efforts, ParaNorman maintains a delicate, handcrafted look that underscores its ideas.
    • 63

      Slant Magazine

      The tagline for the film reads "You Don't Become a Hero by Being Normal," and the film mostly lives up to that assertion, but only up to a point.

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