Review of The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) by Axel K — 22 Dec 2013

The Nightmare Before Christmas is undeniably one of the most unique Christmas movies of all time and also put a completely new complexion on Disney movies. The beautifully conducted stop motion technique, the catchy musical numbers that may not be counted as Danny Elfman's compositional masterpieces, but still make the movie a lot more entertaining than it would have been without them, and the weird sort of humour that isn't to make you laugh out loud, but have you chuckling almost perpetually.

Nevertheless, it's still a bit disappointing that a movie this sort can still be boring here and there and the screenplay also isn't always successful in maintaining an acceptable balance between child-oriented silliness and adult-suitability (though I adore the Hamlet reference).

Through that, difficulties arise as the movie ends up being too ridiculous for most adults and too scary for most kids in the target audience. But still I'd say that sparing one hour and fifteen minutes to see this truly one-of-a-kind movie can't hurt.