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- Original Release Date: October 22, 1993
- Produced by: Tim Burton
- Musical Score: Danny Elfman
- Directed by: Henry Selick
- Duration: 76 minutes
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Tim Burton's 1993 film The Nightmare Before Christmas uses stop-motion animation to tell the story of Pumpkin King Jack Skellington's attempt to steal Christmas in order to escape the doldrums of the daily Halloween celebrations of Halloween Town.
Originally released in 1993, it was remastered in digital 3D for theatrical release in in 2006 and has been re-released on DVD shortly before Halloween each year since.
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Reviews
The Nightmare Before Christmas was nominated for a "Best Visual Effects" Academy Award and the soundtrack, which features ten songs, was nominated for a Grammy.Virtually all reviewers agreed that the film was visually stunning, but some felt that the musical numbers were too plentiful and overly contrived. Overall, reviews of the film are more positive than negative and The Nightmare Before Christmas has remained a popular holiday film since its release.
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Nightmare Before Christmas (Positive) Reviews
- Rolling Stone: Nightmare Before Christmas Review (3.5/4)
- "Nightmare celebrates the joy of a good scare; it also deals with the repercussions of being misunderstood."
- Variety: Nightmare Before Christmas Review
- "There are precious few cloying or boring moments, and it moves along at a breathless clip propelled in great measure by Elfman's superb score."
- rogerebert.com: Nightmare Before Christmas Review (3.5/4)
- "'[The director's] achievement is enormous."
- The Washington Post: The Nightmare Before Christmas Review
- "This is a modern classic that enriches the Christmas tradition by turning it on its head and spinning it like a bob"
Nightmare Before Christmas (Negative) Reviews
- Appreciating Great Trash: The Nightmare Before Christmas Review
- "The movie [also] has a borderline troubling moral-center, which seems to be going for "cherish your gifts" and "don't take what isn't yours," but frequently collapses into "don't overstep your bounds" and "never attempt anything different," which is a fairly dangerous slip-up for childrens' entertainment."
- Laramie Movie Scope: The Nightmare Before Christmas Review
- "The film is meant to be a quasi-musical, with songs and dances, but they are not very memorable. There's not much of a story, either... It rates a C+."
- FirstShowing.net: Dave's Nightmare Before Christmas 3-D Review (6.5/10)
- "Probably the most disappointing part of the film is that it didn't look better."
- Palo Alto Weekly: The Nightmare Before Christmas Review
- ""Beetlejuice" meets "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" in Tim Burton's gory, grim 'The Nightmare Before Christmas.'"
