The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Rated PG for some scary images, brief mild violence, and dark thematic elements

 

Runtime: 1 hour and 16 minutes

 

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Horror, Sci-Fi and Comedy

 

Director: Henry Selick

 

Writer: Caroline Thompson

 

Actors: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix, Paul Reubens, Ken Page and Ed Ivory

 

Budget: $18,000,000

 

Box Office: $108,777,663

 

Positive:

• Brillitant color grading

• Excellent background choices

• Intriguing ideas

• Very positive appeal to the audience and younger audience in general

• Likable characters

• This Is Halloween, What's This and Poor Jack are the one songs that are fun

Mixed:

• Had some keyframes issues with the eyes and mouth, impressive animation style

• Plot seems to be basic, but not bad, turns out to be enjoyable

Negative:

• Minor pacing isues

• Themes being put into together as a whole movie does get a little broad

• Out of sync at times

• Pretty sad for Jack delivering bad presents

Overall Verdict:

Story/Genre 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (7.5)

Voice Acting/Characters 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (8)

Animation/Colors 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (8)

Camera/Editing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4)

Pacing/Timing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3.5)

Background/Sets 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4)

Music/Songs 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3)

38/50 7.6/10