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James and the Giant Peach (1996) Rank 4 Reviews

Expert Review Summary

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)

Reviews by Score:

Detroit News (Susan Stark)

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eFilmCritic

If you are as big a fan of stop-motion animation as I am, you will want to add James and the Giant Peach to your collection. Burton, known for his stop-motion work in The Nightmare Before Christmas and Vincent, brings back the charm of the medium with ...read the complete James and the Giant Peach movie review at eFilmCritic

Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Roald Dahl's first book for children, "James and the Giant Peach," was a favorite at my house when my children were younger, and one of my sons appeared in a grade-school production of the story. So, it was with some familiarity that I ...read the complete James and the Giant Peach movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Austin Chronicle (Robert Faires)

Do you recall how the world looked to you as a child? Everything was so huge. Buildings, furniture, grown-ups -- they all dwarfed you, some of them so large as to seem monstrous. And as you had yet to master the pretzel logic of adults, much of this ...read the complete James and the Giant Peach movie review at Austin Chronicle (Robert Faires)

SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review

Henry Selick burst onto the scene, taking everybody's attention with the remarkable The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), a delightful revival of the near lost art of stop-motion animation. James and the Giant Peach was Henry Selick's ...read the complete James and the Giant Peach movie review at SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review

Movie Hell (Michael J. Legeros)

Flying rhinos, enchanted crocodile tongues, and one very large piece of fruit. It's all business as usual for Roald Dahl, whose 1961 children's book has been brought to partially-animated life by director Henry Selick (THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS) ...read the complete James and the Giant Peach movie review at Movie Hell (Michael J. Legeros)