Haven’t we seen this before: a young boy, isolated, frightened, able to see dead people? Didn’t he come with a shrink as the vehicle for a shocking reveal? This assumption and the corresponding visceral reaction to The Sixth Sense probably kept me from seeing Paranorman sooner, which is unfortunate. Paranorman is a fine film with meticulous animation, […]

 

 

More mystical phenomena occur to young boys Timothy Green and Norman. The former is a literal flower child; the latter is a young boy who can talk to dead people, but presumably without the creepily lingering shrink who needs a doctor of his own. If you’re up for killing a few fifths of vodka and blowing $14, […]