James and the Giant Peach
After 1993's The Nightmare Before Christmas, stop-frame animator Henry Selick and producer Tim Burton adapt Roald Dahl's macabre kids book about young orphan James who enters a gigantic, magical peach. Inside, he embarks on a surreal, musical adventure with six garden bugs.
1996Rating: G79 minsUK, USAWalt Disney Animation
AdventureAnimatedKids & FamilyFantasyMusical
- Director:
- Henry Selick ('The Nightmare Before Christmas', 'Coraline')
- Writer:
- Karey KirkpatrickJonathan RobertsSteve Bloom
- Cast:
- Simon CallowRichard DreyfussJane LeevesJoanna LumleyMiriam MargolyesPete PostlethwaiteSusan SarandonDavid Thewlis
James and the Giant Peach | Reviews
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Time Out
Despite a lightness of plot, it most beautifully captures the book's free-floating, fantastic sense of adventure and wonder.
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The New York Times
A technological marvel, arch and innovative with a daringly offbeat visual conception. But it's also a strenuously artful film.
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Roger Ebert
It will, I think, entertain kids for whom stop-motion animation is the last thing they're thinking about.
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Empire Magazine
The vocal cast are great fun, and the animation is smooth and vibrant. Except for a few treacly songs, this is great entertainment for all.
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