{"id":3629,"date":"2016-07-23T10:59:53","date_gmt":"2016-07-23T14:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3629"},"modified":"2026-09-04T15:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T19:43:18","slug":"paranorman-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3629","title":{"rendered":"ParaNorman-2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ParaNorman-2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directors Chris Butler, Sam Fell<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #453<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/70217914.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3630\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/70217914-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70217914\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/70217914-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/70217914.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed July 23, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ParaNorman (2012) is a highly imaginative and very enjoyable animated film that I admired a great deal.<\/p>\n<p>Creative colors and images are key, and the film is stop-motion.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being animated, it is not a kid&#8217;s movie but rather geared toward the teenage or older demographic.<\/p>\n<p>It is among the strongest of the five films nominated for Best Animated Feature in 2012, along with Frankenweenie, a similar type of film.<\/p>\n<p>ParaNorman is so similar to Frankenweenie that they could almost be simultaneously reviewed or watched on the same day.<\/p>\n<p>Both center around an isolated young male coping with his surroundings, and both contain a light horror feel.<\/p>\n<p>In ParaNorman, an army of zombies invades a small, suburban town, and our hero, Norman, a strange young man who can communicate with the dead, must save the day.<\/p>\n<p>The film features sympathetic peers, but the adults present various obstacles.<\/p>\n<p>I have gone on record as being not much of an animated film fan, but I do view the best of each year, and this one impressed me immensely.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oscar Nominations:\u00a0<\/strong>Best Animated Feature Film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ParaNorman-2012 Directors Chris Butler, Sam Fell Starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick Scott&#8217;s Review #453 Reviewed July 23, 2016 Grade: B+ ParaNorman (2012) is a highly imaginative and very enjoyable animated film that I admired a great deal. 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