No Should be PG-13 for sex jokes and implied language. by siberone I took my 10-yr old to see this and I thought I would be safe not checking it out prior since it was PG. I am surprised the ratings board didn't make them cut out some of the dialog. Another boy...
So-so It doesn't leave an impression. by HoodCritic1 Other than be completely misrated by the MPAA, this is a movie that doesn't exactly leave a lasting impact on audiences. I found the characters completely shallow and underdeveloped, in a story that...
Must Go! Exceptional Animation and a Whole Lot of Fun by Niki_PDX This movie may be animated but for this adult with no kids it was a whole heck of a lot of fun to watch. The animation was exceptional with its blend of stop motion and computer graphics providing a...
100 Charlotte Observer | Lawrence Toppman It's freakishly funny, suddenly tender, gleefully macabre, genuinely scary, and full of a moral – fear turns weak people into bullies – which is dosed out so gently that it never tastes like medicine. Read full review
88 New York Post | Lou Lumenick ParaNorman is probably the year's most visually dazzling movie so far, and the stunning climax centering on an 11-year-old witch (Jodelle Ferland) is too good to spoil. Read full review
88 The Globe and Mail (Toronto) | Rick Groen Norman is the "freak" bullied and ostracized and otherwise degraded by the alive-and-well crowd. Such is the outcast fate of most heroes in the best children's tales. And ParaNorman, a ghoulishly delightful exercise in stop-motion animation, is a very good children's tale indeed. Read full review
75 Rolling Stone | Peter Travers My advice? Just go with ParaNorman. There's magic in it. Read full review