A Dream!

Rating: 10/10 (21 July 1999)

This is as good as it gets! Tim Burton has produced a classic. Never say 'animation' and assume it is a secondary artform again! This film has wit, wisdom and wonders that will improve on each new viewing. The music, though not immediately addictive, will soon get into your bones and have you whistling for the rest of the day. Even the standard of the voices becomes somehow appropriate and enjoyable after a while. The characters are magnificent, especially Sally's wheelchair-bound maniac of a father, and the whole idea that the characters of Halloween could have a go at hi-jacking Christmas is such a good one that Tim Burton must have sat up in his bath and shouted Eureeka when he thought of it. Don't miss this...and don't watch it just the once.