ParaNorman
United States
2012
92 Min
Color
2.40:1
English
Synopsis
A misunderstood boy who can speak with the dead, takes on ghosts, zombies and grown-ups to save his town from a centuries-old curse. —IMDb
Director
Sam Fell
Sam Fell is a British film director, screenwriter, voice actor and animator.
Sam started his career as director on the short film The Big Cheese for 3 Peach Animation. He then joined Aardman and worked on projects like Pop, Peter Lord’s Oscar-nominated short film Wat’s Pig, as well was Rex the Runt, before directing 2002 project Chump.
In 2006 he directed the Aardman/DreamWorks’s feature film Flushed Away, in which he also provided the voices for the characters Liam, the Prophet, Ladykiller and Fanseller.
In 2007 he went on to direct The Tale of Despereaux for Universal Pictures, and also provided the voices of the characters Ned and Smudge.
Fell is currently at Laika directing ParaNorman set to release in 2012. —Wikipedia
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my nigga totoro
30Apr13
Loved this; not quite as much as Mary & Max (ParaNorman didn't have me balling like a little kid by the end) but I love how...anti-Pixar it is; "oh hey Woody and friends are being discarded"..."oh, hey, this movie has a kid being burned at the stake; suck it."
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Max the Movie Kid
4Feb13
The best mainstream animated film of the year (close to Ernest and Celestine when it comes to animation in general). Not only is it refreshing to see zombies get treated so cleverly, in a PG no less, but it's more adult than your average, non-Rango film, incredibly skilled, well scripted and effective, like it or not. Shame all the attention went to ecological cash grabs, Nicki Minaj and farting, rapping monsters.
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The Best Movie Posters of 2012
By Adrian Curry on December 29, 2012
Adrian Curry’s annual round-up of his favorite film posters of the year.
Hollywood Grind: PARANORMAN Blazes a Stop-Motion Indie Trail
By Twitchfilm.com on August 17, 2012
ParaNorman, which opens wide today across the U.S. and Canada, is an original, handmade film produced by Laika, an independent animation studio located near Portland, Oregon. As I wrote in my review, it’s
Watch PARANORMAN Directors' Lengthy Fantasia Q&A
By Twitchfilm.com on August 17, 2012
Montreal’s Fantasia Festival was proud to bring ParaNorman to a rabid audience in Montreal and it would appear that the creators were rather pleased about the scenario as well. Directors Chris Butler and
Review: PARANORMAN, a Terrific, Ghoulish, Comic Thriller
By Twitchfilm.com on August 3, 2012
Quickly moving beyond its opening ‘Grindhouse for Horror Kids’ vibe, ParaNorman becomes much more — a terrific, ghoulish, comic thriller that cheerfully wears its bloody heart on its sleeve. Norman Babcock
PARANORMAN's Zombies Head To The Olympics!
By Twitchfilm.com on July 30, 2012
A round of applause for Laika, please, who have just released what will probably be the best piece of Olympic tie in marketing that will be seen during these games. It seems that zombies like a good bit
Second Trailer For Laika's PARANORMAN
By Twitchfilm.com on March 2, 2012
New to the second trailer for Laika’s stop motion animated feature Paranorman: Talking. And also lots of new footage.The new 3D stop-motion comedy thriller from animation company LAIKA, reteaming the company
New PARANORMAN Trailer Shambles Into The UK
By Twitchfilm.com on December 13, 2011
After the success of Coraline stop motion animation house Laika are continuing to look to kid friendly supernatural tales to keep the good times rolling and next up is ParaNorman.In the comedy thriller
First Poster For Laika's PARANORMAN
By Twitchfilm.com on November 20, 2011
After the success of Coraline Focus Features and animation house Laika are teaming up again for upcoming 2012 release ParaNorman. Once again using the stop-motion animation technique that is Laika’s signature
Watch The Trailer For Laika's PARANORMAN!
By Twitchfilm.com on November 20, 2011
Put this one in the better late than never pile …Having been largely incommunicado while attending the Morbido Festival in small town Mexico I missed the arrival of the first trailer for Laika’s ParaNorman
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ParaNorman
By catcarlo on October 31, 2012
Chissà quanti Norman hanno dovuto sopportare i giochi di parole sul loro nome collegato al paranormale. Rende giustizia a tutti il protagonista di questa pellicola, un ragazzo che deve tirare avanti… read review
ParaNorman brings life (and death) to the movies
By Todd Kushigemachi on August 17, 2012
(Originally posted at www.tkatthemovies.com)
ParaNorman covers a lot of ground in an hour and a half. First and foremost, the stop-motion animated flick is a comedy, packed with visual gags… read review
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