The Nightmare Before Christmas: Parents’ Review
Posted on 21. Nov, 2008 by bestxmasgifts in Everything Else
Tim Burton’s film The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of the most well-known animated holiday movies of all time. This creatively made film is a musical with a good message. The entire film was created with stop-motion animation, and has an overall dark tone since it’s centered around the holiday of Halloween. The main character, Jack Skellington, is an actual walking, talking, and singing skeleton. Every Halloween, it’s Jack’s job to help organize the big festivities in the town called Halloween. But eventually, Jack gets bored. He feels like there is something else out there for him in his life.
Jack discovers a door in a tree and it introduces him to Christmas town. He quickly becomes enamored with this holiday, and hears about the legend of Santa Claus. Once he discovers this, he decides to inform his friends in Halloween town about what he has just seen. The townspeople want to make Halloween even scarier for the next year, but Jack tries to find a deeper meaning in the holiday. The story transforms into a fascinating tale about giving and sharing, and while the main message is good, there are elements to The Nightmare Before Christmas that might be a bit too much for younger children.
Some of the characters have a very dark and macabre look to them, and there are lots of spooky creatures, which can frighten small children. In addition, the main female character Sally is sometimes mistreated by her “master “, which can be a little unsettling, but there is nothing there that is too over the top. There is also a scene where the Oogie Boogie Man kidnaps and tries to attack Santa Claus, and this can also upset some kids. Overall though, the movie is a fun musical with stunning visuals, and good core message that everyone will take with them when it ends.