ParaNorman
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73 out of 100

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7.7 out of 10

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  • Starring: Anna Kendrick, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kodi Smit-McPhee
  • Summary: In ParaNorman, a small town comes under siege by zombies. Who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman, who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he’ll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst, of all, grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this young ghoul whisperer may find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits. (Focus Features)… Expand
  • Director: Chris Butler
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Comedy, Animation
  • Rating: PG
  • Runtime: 93 min
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 30
  3. Negative: 0 out of 30
  1. Charlotte Observer
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Toppman
    Aug 16, 2012
    100
    It's freakishly funny, suddenly tender, gleefully macabre, genuinely scary, and full of a moral – fear turns weak people into bullies – which is dosed out so gently that it never tastes like medicine.
  2. The Playlist
    Reviewed by: Drew Taylor
    Aug 5, 2012
    100
    ParaNorman is a micro-sized masterpiece that wears its heart (and its half-eaten brains) on its sleeve.
  3. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    Aug 16, 2012
    50
    ParaNorman is supposedly for kids, but it's really aimed at their snarky older brothers, and it illustrates the limits of the new family creepshows.

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  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 3 out of 8
  1. nickireland7
    10
    Simply an amazing movie. It's like a Tim Burton movie, but it isn't. The art style is just fantastic and innocent, and the message of the movie is even better! This is probably my favorite film now, no joke. ParaNorman focuses a lot on tolerance and the movie never bored me: the visual effects were so great and so was the voice acting! It was definitely entertaining start to finish -- although it did start off weird, it quickly got to the point and surprised me!! I loved the characters and just the movie itself! DEFINITELY a must see, whatever age!!!… Expand
  2. Mazeinly
    10
    iT WAS AWSOME IT HAD SOME GREAT NUDE SCENES ON IT AND THAT JENIFOR LOPEZ IN THEAT FUNE AT **** SKIN TIGHT SUIT bammmm!l so great movie , the one flaw is that they did it with clay it should have bean like a cartoon or a computer generated movie. The end was awsome th e main character banishes all the goust away and it is now like he is the cool gay… Expand
  3. i-am-a-critic
    0
    Hollywood has done it again. They have figured out a way to work in the gay agenda by invading the so-called kid animation arena. I have nothing against gays but don't put references to it in this type of movie. I took my 13 and 10 year old hoping to at least find a movie that we could all sit down to and enjoy, well that wasn't the case. The movie was somewhat entertaining and a good time waste until the end scene. My only question for the directors is WHY IN THE HELL do you have to work in a gay references in a kid movie, are you kidding me?????. STOP IT. Do what you want in adult animation, adult movies etc but there was no place for that scene in the movie. RIDICULOUS. Don't push this down kids throat and having me as a parent be forced to fricking explain it when that's not what I came to the movies for. You guys blew it BIGTIME. Just so you know the theater I was in had many families with kids and the parents that were looking around weren't laughing so I don't think my disappointment is over rated. Be responsible for goodness sake. The directors should know better as well as universal. Parents take heed.… Expand

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