Review of ParaNorman (2012) by Dakota D — 04 May 2013

Incredibly underrated film! It had such a quirky, unique humor to it, and the characters were very like-able. Very happy I saw this movie and I'd recommend it to anyone (:

This review of ParaNorman (2012) was written by Dakota D on 04 May 2013.

ParaNorman has generally received positive reviews.

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