The Nightmare Before Christmas . Weekly Alibi . 12-29-97

The Nightmare Before Christmas

DIRECTED BY: Henry Selick

REVIEWED: 12-29-97

Tim Burton's designs add a bizarro flair to every character in this, including an excessively rotund (and severely pinheaded) Saint Nick. In this mixed-up holiday hit, Halloween hero Jack Skellington kidnaps "Sandy Claws" and takes over his gig. While dressed as Santa, the toothpick-thin Jack delivers such holiday joys as severed heads and giant snakes to lucky little kids. This one's become a cult classic among discerning animation fans and trendy goth kids. It deserves to be watched in the bloom of the holidays, when its subversive air can be best appreciated.

--Devin D. O'Leary

Other Films by Henry Selick
James and the Giant Peach

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Home Alone 3
Mr. Magoo

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