Review of ParaNorman (2012) by Peter Travers for Rolling Stone — 15 Aug 2012

My advice? Just go with ParaNorman. There's magic in it.

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This review of ParaNorman (2012) was written by Peter Travers and published by Rolling Stone on 15 Aug 2012.

ParaNorman has generally received positive reviews.

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