After 1993's The Nightmare Before Christmas, stop-frame animator Henry Selick and producer Tim Burton adapt Roald Dahl's macabre kids book about...
After 1993's The Nightmare Before Christmas, stop-frame animator Henry Selick and producer Tim Burton adapt Roald Dahl's macabre kids book about young orphan James who enters a gigantic, magical peach. Inside, he embarks on a surreal, musical adventure with six garden bugs.
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91 %75 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
66 %257,300 reviewsAudience score rating
14+Age suitabilityChildren & Media rating
"An extraordinary achievement."
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Variety
Variety"Despite a lightness of plot, it most beautifully captures the book's free-floating, fantastic sense of adventure and wonder."
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Time Out
Time Out"A technological marvel, arch and innovative with a daringly offbeat visual conception. But it's also a strenuously artful film."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"It will, I think, entertain kids for whom stop-motion animation is the last thing they're thinking about."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"The vocal cast are great fun, and the animation is smooth and vibrant. Except for a few treacly songs, this is great entertainment for all."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineJames and the Giant Peach | Details
- Runtime
- 79
- Genre
- Adventure, Fantasy, Kids & Family, Musical
- Country of origin
- UK, USA
