The Nightmare Before Christmas
October 1993
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Kenneth Turan
Part avant-garde art film, part amusing but morbid fairy tale, it is a delightfully ghoulish holiday musical that displays more inventiveness in its brief 75 minutes than some studios can manage in...
Anthony Lane
This full-length animated movie was shot in stop motion, with all the febrile, twittery fascination that the medium exerts; it has a magic-toy shop feeling, with unexpected objects stuttering into...
Jay Boyar
Burton and his collaborators present a movie musical that's like nothing you've ever seen.
John Hartl
Visually a macabre knockout, this 75-minute fantasy boasts some of the wittiest, most vigorous stop-motion animation effects in the history of the process.
Desmond Ryan
Burton, the man who gave us Batman, Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands, is incapable of a conventional idea. His take on the holiday fairy tale is delightfully off the wall.
Michael Wilmington
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas has a grotesque charm, a pie-eyed magic.
Critic reviews
Kenneth Turan
Part avant-garde art film, part amusing but morbid fairy tale, it is a delightfully ghoulish holiday musical that displays more inventiveness in its brief 75 minutes than some studios can manage in...
Anthony Lane
This full-length animated movie was shot in stop motion, with all the febrile, twittery fascination that the medium exerts; it has a magic-toy shop feeling, with unexpected objects stuttering into...
Jay Boyar
Burton and his collaborators present a movie musical that's like nothing you've ever seen.
John Hartl
Visually a macabre knockout, this 75-minute fantasy boasts some of the wittiest, most vigorous stop-motion animation effects in the history of the process.
Desmond Ryan
Burton, the man who gave us Batman, Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands, is incapable of a conventional idea. His take on the holiday fairy tale is delightfully off the wall.
Michael Wilmington
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas has a grotesque charm, a pie-eyed magic.
User reviews
MY Idea of a Romantic Movie This movie is and always will be one of my favorite movies of all time. The skeleton man (let's not forget he's also the pumpkin king) with a big dream, and a Romantic soul, and the poor patchwork girl longing for love and stuck with the Frankenstein like creature who made her, is just a small part of what I love about this movie. Of course these two eccentric "people", are meant to be together from the beginning. And, I love that Jack thinks his Xmas plans are perfect, and the animation is wonderful!
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Classic! I watch this at least once, sometimes twice a year, at least. Once during Halloween time and once during Christmas time. Great and engaging storyline. Great characters. Great songs (it's a shame Disney didn't want to claim credit and made it look like Touchstone Pictures made it). Probably my favorite holiday movie of all time!
I love jack I love this movie I've done watch it over 50 x's I never get tired of it. my kids love it too
GREAT ! this is really good but dont waste your money, this movie shows up on disney
One of the best movies Ever! No computers, filmed frame-by-frame. Utter genius, start to finish.
Cast and credits
Actors | Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix, Paul Reubens, Danny Elfman, Ken Page, Ed Ivory |
Producers | Tim Burton, Denise Di Novi |
Director | Henry Selick |
Writers | Caroline Thompson |
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Rental period
Start within 30 days, finish within 72 hours.
Run time
76 minutes
Rating
PG
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