They should play this every year 'round Christmas time...

Rating: 8/10 (3 April 2004)

...but, in fact, as far as I know, it's never been played on Dutch TV. Such a shame, as it is one of the best Christmas' movies of all time.
Meet Jack Skellington, a (you guessed it) skeleton who lives in Halloween-town and makes kids scare on Halloween, year in year out. But Jack wants something more in life, and finds out about Christmas. Now that's a fun holiday! So he decides to kidnap Santa and take over his role. He does it with the best intentions (as far as kidnapping goes), but everything goes wrong... The kids aren't really happy with the presents (as they are more like scary monsters instead of Teddy bears) and Santa winds up in the hands of the evil Boogyman. Is there time to turn it all back?
Tim Burton's characters and ideas are really amazing. Though a bit scary for the youngest, Halloween-town looks great. The story is really touching and the songs are some of the best the movies ever gave to us (Danny Elfman not only wrote the music, but sings on this one as well!). It's one of those movies you actually want to end well. Watch it and maybe you'll fall for it too...
8/10.