Darkly comic animation from Tim Burton, a great film.

Rating: 8/10 (5 January 2001)

The plot is simple as Jack Skellington is feeling uninspired in his role organising the scares for Halloween. Then he discovers Christmastown and is enchanted by the magic so he decides to kidnap Santa and hijack Christmas. The beauty of the film is the seamless blending of the excellent stop-motion animation and the great Danny Elfman score. Also the neat little touches make the film watchable again and again. Although, as you would expect from Tim Burton, this film is quite dark it's great comic touches, like the accidental kidnapping of the easter bunny, give it a good sense of humour.
I find it hard to see how anyone could dislike this film. Although some people I know have not given it a chance saying they dislike musicals, I don't really like musicals but I loved this film. So unless you detest anything with even a hint of musical I seriously recommend giving this a try.