An amazing film!

Rating: 10/10 (28 May 2002)

This is a visually stunning film. The stop-motion animation is so beautifully precise and detailed. I fell in love with "The Nightmare Before Christmas" the first time I saw it. It is a masterpiece. The animation would be a waste if the story were poor. But not to fear...Burton provides such an original story of holidays having their own little towns with citizens working to stage our various holidays. This makes for a great storyline. The music is also stunning, with a beautiful vocal and instrumental score provided by the great Danny Elfman. I had the soundtrack within an hour of seeing the film for the first time. This movie was given special status due to it being the first feature length stop-motion animated film in history. However, the movie is so amazing that I think the special status would still have been given had "The Nightmare Before Christmas" been the 17th feature length stop-motion animated film.