A visually beautiful animated movie for grown-ups, with breathtaking score.

Rating: Null/10 (10 June 2000)

Tim Burton has always liked to do the unexpected. This animated movie, filmed with stop-motion technology, is no exception.
It's a story for grown-ups and children alike told through animation, in which Jack Skellington, the king of Halloween, finds himself bored and uninspired by doing exactly the same every year for Halloween: scaring people. Accidentally, he stumbles upon Christmas Town and is inspired to make Christmas more Halloweenish.
There are three important elements to this film: 1) The story, 2) the beautiful visuals and 3) probably the best score ever written for a movie. Danny Elfman is at his best and uses his own beautiful voice for the singing part of Jack. Even if you don't like the movie, this soundtrack will be hard to avoid.
This is not a mainstream film, so don't expect something like Lion King. On the other hand, don't give up on it for the same reason.