fun, family friendly, and even scary at times... one of my favorite movies ever.

Rating: Null/10 (24 April 2011)

i always feel that stop motion animation is a lost art. everything now days is cgi. however, when this film came out, i thought that it would instantly bring back the art of stop motion. it didn't, but it is still an awesome movie either way.
this film will one day be a classic, i can already tell. but anyone who sees this movie would say that. the story is great. a girl gets board of her normal, dull life and stumbles across an alternate one. in here, literally everything is perfect: her parents aren't drags, her mother actually cooks great meals, her neighbors aren't crazy (in fact, they are the best neighbors any kid could ask for), and her "other" parents will let her do whatever she wants. but there's one catch. i won't spoil that for you. i think this movie is so great because it can appeal to everyone. if you don't like one thing, you love another. don't care for one character, but you can't get enough of another. the villain, the beldam (other mother), is surprisingly complex. she's also very scary. i mean, Really scary. i don't know what it is about her, but her very presence gave me nightmares for a week, and that was when she was pretending to be the perfect mother.
if you haven't seen this movie, check it out. you won't be disappointed.