Film201290 min

ParaNorman

Name: ParaNorman
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
Released: 2012
Duration: 90 min
Cast: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tucker Albrizzi, Jodelle Ferland, Anna Kendrick, Casey Affleck

Taste attributes: adventureanimationcomedyfamilymonster/alien/supernaturalfastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & varied

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"It's all fun and games until someone raises the dead."

Boxlist takeA larger-than-life animated family film that is wholesome, breezy and breakneck. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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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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