PARANORMAN DVD

I absolutely love this movie!! It is a must see, funny and emotional...I have watched it a whole bunch of times ..

One of my favorite movies to watch around Halloween. I know it was nominated for an Oscar but I feel like it doesn't get the love it deserves. All time great animation and fantastic story. Love it!

Great quality. If your kid enjoys Tim Burton movies this is a good choice. I got this as a gift for my younger brother who likes to collect physical media. It came on time and in good condition.

Great animated film! So much fun and so well executed. Need more horror animated movies for my kids

It's great,good movie and great quality discs.

Wildly creative and technically terrific, there is much to admire in this animated play on traditional zombie films. But unlike “Coraline” – made by some of the same people – or the other Tim Burton/Henry Selick macabre animated works, there’s a certain lack of soul and emotion here that keeps it from climbing to the heights of those films. There’s also an odd unevenness of tone. While it has a few really inspired visual and verbal gags, it switches a bit awkwardly back and forth between being almost over-earnest, and a kind of hip, ironic distanced humor. And much of the plot feels familiar and/or predictable. Part of the struggle for me as an adult is that this is really made for ‘tweens. Too scary for little kids, it also limits the film a bit on the older side. It can’t work as easily for adults as some ‘kids films’ (ala Pixar, etc), where 8 years olds can enjoy it while 30 or 40 year olds can get it on a whole different level. I bet 11 year olds would flat out love this, but unlike the films mentioned earlier, I felt a bit left out of the fun. Still, it has it’s moments, both of humor and heart, and I’m glad I saw it. I just don’t know that I’d ever go back for seconds.

I for one thoroughly enjoyed Paranorman! It was a beautifully, animated movie from the minds of people who are gifted in their craft to bring us this spooky (kind of), funny, heart-warming comedy of the 2012 year. I loved Paranorman because it had a lot of good morals in it. 1. Mob Mentality- We see this in every society, a group of people who have stopped actually "thinking" and decided to just play "follow the leader" when throughout history it has always lead to heartbreak, destruction, mayhem, violence, and other ignorant and primitive behavior. 2. Killing of the Innocence- To not go into too much detail so that I do not spoil the movie, this movie showed the importance of thinking before one acts. As many spiritual ethics like Buddhism,teaches, to not act or speak when your heart is tainted or bitter. Also, to not judge so quickly with what you are afraid of. Many human beings unfortunately suffer from being afraid of "The Unknown" which gets them into a lot of trouble for their actions. Karma is real! The Golden Rule(s) apply to all! Just because you are afraid of something does not mean that you have to act violently, or primitively upon that situation. "One must think first before they act or speak" 3. ParaNorman I love this movie for all of its moral issues. I will not go into detail! I would rather have many more people watch this movie and enjoy it as I did and come away from it thinking for themselves more, because they have seen how horrid, and primitive their actions can become when one thinks that using fire against fire will work... it does not and it never will! A BIG AND HUGE THANK YOU!!!!! To everyone in the making of this film! I'm so happy you made this film and tackled some moral, and social issues that many people struggle to understand and are not exposed to all that often! Well done! I'm a huge fan of this movie! :D

Such a great family movie and funny jokes for mom and dad too!!

I had picked this up cheap on dvd because we like to watch animated movies. What I didn't expect was to be completely charmed by this movie. It's terrific. The animation is top-notch. As is the story. We had to upgrade to blu-ray because it's a definite keeper.

Einfach unglaublich, wie viel Arbeit das Team der beiden Regisseure Chris Butler + Sam Fell in das Produktionsdesign investiert haben! Sämtliche Puppen-Animationen sowie das Set-Design sind genial! Zu Recht erhielt "ParaNorman" eine Oscarnominierung für den besten Animationsfilm 2012. Diese Zombieparodie mit ihrer düsteren Atmosphäre, den schrillen Charakteren, skurrilen Einfällen, all den Untoten, Hexen, Geistern und Soundeffekten ist jedoch nichts für (Klein-)Kinder. Die FSK:12-Freigabe ist vollkommen angemessen. Genre-Fans werden bei "ParaNorman" sicherlich auf Ihre Kosten kommen...von den klassichen Universal-Monster-Streifen der 30er/40er Jahre...über die bekannten Romero-Filme...bis hin zu den aktuellen Produktionen á la "Paranormal Activity" etc. wird hier alles in einen Topf geworfen und ordentlich umgerührt. Natürlich kommt auch die Situationskomik nicht zu kurz. Die Blu-ray von Universal ist technisch auf höchstem Niveau. Nur beim Bonusmaterial (ca. 65 Minuten) hätte man noch eine Schippe drauflegen können.

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Plus humoristique qu'horrifique, il y a des scènes bien peu ragoutantes mais toujours vues et racontées avec drôlerie. Des messages tout de même bien sentis. Plein de références à de vieux films d'horreur ou de surnaturel que les adultes devraient repérer. Cela permet d'être visionné à tout âge. J'ai beau l'avoir vu plusieurs fois de suite dans des langues différentes, j'ai ri aux mêmes endroits : le comique de situation est très efficace. Un travail très poussé dans les détails représentés. C'est un boulot de dingue qui se laisse oublier pour rentrer dans l'histoire elle-même : preuve que tout est bien ficelé. Sans être voué à devenir un film culte, c'est clairement un exemple du genre très réussi et qui montre que le genre n'est pas mort malgré l'usage dominant des effets informatiques.

I admit, I only looked into "Paranorman" as I absolutely loved Coraline (Blu-ray 3D) [2009] [Region Free ] with its the crafty and wonderful stop-motion animation (and which I thoroughly recommend!). I was not disappointed, the film is very well done, the stop-motion animation is indeed a work of art, the scrip is clever and thoughtful and, this being a "scary" film, there are some truly, truly scary sequences in this wonderful production. I watched this film with a 9-year old on a Halloween night and this proved to be an excellent choice - the kid was scared! Truly scared, but also entertained, we both laughed (he laughed much more, I have to admit), but the film proved to be enjoyable and thought-provoking, with an array of weird and wonderful characters and a few twists in a story. Seriously, not often I come across films for children that are so enjoyed by children but also are entertaining for adults. The message is also a good one, most of all "Paranorman" teaches children (and young adults) about open-mindedness and acceptance and how to be tolerable to one another. This film has countless topics that I, as an adult, thought were very well-addressed, such as personal relationships, family and friends, and courage and keeping one's promises. PLUS, the voice-overs were excellent! Four and a half to five stars. Oh, how I wish I saw this in 3D!