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James and the Giant Peach (1996) Rank 2 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give James and the Giant Peach (1996) a score of 2.7829 out of 4

based on (66) reviews

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Excellent

(6)

Very Good

(48)

Good

(11)

Fair

(1)

Poor

(0)

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Tempi Moderni

"James e la pesca gigante" Ã¨ tratto dall'omonimo romanzo di Roald Dahl, la cui opera sta suscitando un crescente interesse nei registi d'oltreoceano. La prima parte del film, realizzata "dal vivo" con attori in carne e ossa, mostra l'infanzia felice di ...read the complete James and the Giant Peach movie review at Tempi Moderni

Cinopsis

Le petit James est bien malheureux dans son Angleterre natale. Orphelin, il est Ã©levÃ© par ses deux abominables tantes. Son rÃªve? Partir pour New-York oÃ¹ tous les rÃªves se rÃ©alisent. Malheureusement, c'est impossible. Mais un jour, miracle !, sa ...read the complete James and the Giant Peach movie review at Cinopsis

Xi-online

Na The Nightmare Before Christmas begon animator Henry Selick samen met producent Tim Burton aan de verfilming van Roald Dahl's klassieke "kinder"verhaal James and the Giant Peach. Grappig genoeg worden beide films gedistribueerd door Walt Disney ...read the complete James and the Giant Peach movie review at Xi-online

Washington Post

The hero is a 9-year-old orphan James, who's forced to live with his nasty aunts Spiker and Sponge. A stranger presents James with a bag of magical "crocodile tongues." When James accidentally spills the contents at the foot of a dead peach tree, a giant ...read the complete James and the Giant Peach movie review at Washington Post

Plugged In

James and the Giant Peach, based on the 1961 Roald Dahl book of the same name, is a fairy tale beyond all fairy tales. Live action and stop-motion animation bring a little boy, a giant peach and a talkative cast of human sized insects to the silver ...read the complete James and the Giant Peach movie review at Plugged In

Alex Christensen

When Tim Burton's _The_Nightmare_Before_Christmas_ was released, critics raved and gushed, loving the wonderful music by Danny Elfman, the ingenious story by Tim Burton, and the intriguing, dark, visually stunning stop-motion of Henry Selick. It was ...read the complete James and the Giant Peach movie review at Alex Christensen

The Melancholy Eskimo Review

The film is based on a novella by Roald Dahl, and itâ��s hard to go wrong with that kind of base. He is one of those writers of childrenâ��s fiction, like George MacDonald, who gives us a full portion of drama, not a childâ��s portion. It is useful to ...read the complete James and the Giant Peach movie review at The Melancholy Eskimo Review

Boxoffice Magazine

Voices of: Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Jane Leeves, Simon Callow. Directed by Henry Selick. Written by Karey Kirkpatrick and Jonathan Roberts & Steve Bloom from the novel by Roald Dahl. Produced by Denise Di Novi and Tim Burton. Released by Disney ...read the complete James and the Giant Peach movie review at Boxoffice Magazine

Box Office Magazine

Boxoffice Magazine

That author Roald Dahl, master of the macabre, wrote children's books in the first place is an irony in itself. Call it poetic justice, then, that Henry Selick, the director behind the ghoulish "The Nightmare Before Christmas," helms the part ...read the complete James and the Giant Peach movie review at Boxoffice Magazine

DVD Talk (Chuck Arrington)

The Nightmare Before Christmas is the undeniable benchmark to which all stop motion animation will be compared, and rightly so. The storyline, music and characters all made for an incredible story. James and the Giant Peach however falls short of that ...read the complete James and the Giant Peach movie review at DVD Talk (Chuck Arrington)