Review of James and the Giant Peach (1996) by Eytan D — 02 Mar 2015
Some of you may or may not know, I have a soft spot for stop motion animation. And this is no exception. Coming from the genius who brought you The Nightmare Before Christmas and Coraline, Henry Selick adapts the Roald Dahl novel with visual splendor and merry delight, capturing both the soft and dark aspects.
This film, without a doubt, is one of animations finest in terms of its sheer legacy and importance. The story is wonderful and the voice actors are as irreverent as expected. However, whilst this film does achieve these truly high standards, there are some sort-of issues, I guess.
Firstly, this is not the director's best work, and nor is it his second best, though at least it isnt Monkeybone. Secondly, this is not the best, not even the greatest stop motion film adapted from a Roald Dahl book (hello Fantastic Mr Fox).
Whilst so much works in this film, and I truly love it to death, somehow it just doesnt measure up to the very very greatest of animations, noticeably the Nightmare Before Christmas as an example.
This review of James and the Giant Peach (1996) was written by Eytan D on 02 March 2015.
James and the Giant Peach has generally received positive reviews.
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