ParaNorman
The movie tells the story of a small town that comes under siege by zombies. A misunderstood local boy named Norman takes on ghosts, zombies and grown-ups to save his town from a centuries-old curse.
17 December 1944, Manchester, England, UK
8 September 1957, Los Angeles, California, USA
26 July 1957, The Bronx, New York, USA
9 September 1952, New York City, New York, USA
21 January 1997, Boise, Idaho, USA
26 March 1972, San Francisco, California, USA
9 October 1994, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
20 June 1956, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
19 November 1952, Los Angeles, California, USA
5 May 1951, New York City, New York, USA
5 June 1962, Chicago, Illinois, USA
12 February 1971, Malibu, California, USA
6 March 2000, USA
28 July 2000, Los Angeles, California, USA
22 November 1959, Akron, Ohio, USA
8 December 1960, McAllen, Texas, USA
28 January 1998, Los Angeles, California, USA
August 26, 2015
Sweet, morbid, funny, clever, and occasionally brilliant.August 30, 2012
Paranorman has a unique look that's equal parts old school and cutting edge.August 17, 2012
If the story lacks the consistent psychological depth of Coraline, another tale of an outcast finding solace in a parallel world, amends are made during the lovely climax.May 12, 2015
It's sort of like what The Goonies might've been, had The Goonies been beautifully animated and not terrible.April 16, 2016
By placing weighty, real world lessons aimed at kids in this specific cinematic world, the gloominess is only intensified.September 11, 2012
Ghoulish? Yes. Funny? You bet.August 27, 2012
The film avoids the pandering of many animated features, bringing an acerbic edge and a thrilling intelligence to its story.November 11, 2015
Brings with it a very relevant and important moral that bears pondering by fans.October 06, 2013
The thrilling finale is a terrific blend of heartfelt emotion, surreal visuals and inventive ghostly spectacle, and the film's timeless message is put across in wonderfully ghoulish and surprising ways.August 17, 2012
"ParaNorman" is never less than entertaining, but you'll have to follow it into a strange purgatory between two opposing genres.October 18, 2013
ParaNorman treats its viewers with respect, and is all the more wonderful for it.August 22, 2012
"ParaNorman" took a huge risk on a scarier concept, and it paid off enormously.