Best Christmas Movie

Rating: 10/10 (8 December 2012)

I sent a version of this review to Salon critic Andrew O'Hehir after he neglected to mention Nightmare Before Christmas in his review of Christmas films:
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas is my favorite Christmas movie of all time. If you're a pop culture junkie, I assume you've seen the film, and if you're a good film critic, I assume you agree that it contains the "meaning of Christmas" aspect of Its a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street plus the "dark twist" of Batman Returns (although Nightmare is a superior film and a more relevant film to Christmas). Unlike Home Alone (which was released around the same time), it is also a film that has aged incredibly well. Watch it today and it still holds up as the state of the art in animation and a dynamic story.