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ParaNorman (3D)

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

This 3D stop-motion animated film from the guys behind Coraline is not really suitable for very young kids, due to the subject matter. A small town comes under siege by zombies. Who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman, who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he'll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst, of all, grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse.

87 minutes, Mature Accompaniment under 10
Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror.

Credits

Cast

Voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tucker Albrizzi, Anna Kendrick, Casey Affleck, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Leslie Mann

Director

Chris Butler, Sam Fell

Screenplay

Chris Butler

Music

Jon Brion

Cinematography

Tristan Oliver

Editing

Christopher Murrie

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, Datasat

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2012

Produced by

Laika Entertainment

SA Distributor

UIP

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Animated
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Preceived threat and menace, fantastical context
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	None
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity

Violence

Blood / Gore / Gross

Guns /
Weapons

Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)

South African Media

Cape Argus/The StarTheresa Smith Not for the little oned

Die BurgerFrançois Bloemhof

24.comIlan Preskovsky Particularly those who love their spectacular animation served with just a dash of the comically macabre.

International Media

Box Office (USA)Sara Maria Vizcarrondo ParaNorman is easily one of the most charming, imaginative and quirky comedies to come out of Laika Entertainment (Coraline), but for all its cleverness and urbane wit, it's in no way appropriate for kids.

Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers Brit screenwriter Chris Butler and his co-director, Sam Fell, lace the fun and fright with keen visual wit. And they don't back off tough themes such as loneliness and death. My advice? Just go with ParaNorman. There's magic in it.

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs While it likely won't go down in the annals of animated films as a great entry, it's nonetheless a clear and solidly entertaining effort from start to finish.

Metacritic.com33 critics

RottenTomatoes.com146 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Beautifully animated and solidly scripted, ParaNorman will entertain (and frighten) older children while providing surprisingly thoughtful fare for their parents.

Movie Review Query Engine (USA)MRQE critics <img src=http://mrqe_histograms.s3.amazonaws.com/detailed-graph-150291.jpg?score=75>

Movie Review Intelligence (USA)43 critics

Internet (IMDB)8532 Netizens Pleasant Surprise

Average .. 66%

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