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James and the Giant Peach
1996
· Movie
· 79 min
C
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #376
- IMDb #368
- Google retired #375
- Rotten Tomatoes #231
- Metacritic #178
- Letterboxd #337
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #141
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #337
- Metacritic Critics #85
- Metacritic Audience #312
- Criticker #194
- Douban #174
- Kinopoisk #449
- AlloCiné #441
- Trakt #438
Every rating
45–91
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 45, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 91. Critics average 84, everyone else 67.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →An orphaned boy living with his cruel aunts receives magic crystals that cause a giant peach to grow in the garden. He enters the peach and finds a group of human-sized, talking insects who befriend him. They cut the fruit from the tree and roll away, embarking on a fantastic journey across the ocean to New York City, facing various dangers along the way.
Details
- Director
- Henry Selick
- Writers
- Jonathan Roberts, Karey Kirkpatrick, Steve Bloom
- Based on
- James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
- Released
- 12 April 1996
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 79 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $38.0M
- Box office
- $28.9M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 12 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 16 →4 wins from 16 nominations across 9 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1997 | Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score | Randy Newman | Nominee |
| Annecy International Animated Film Festival 1997 | Best Animated Feature Film | Henry Selick | Winner |
| Chicago Film Critics Association 1997 | Best Original Score | Randy Newman | Nominee |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 1997 | Best Animated Film | Winner | |
| Satellite Awards 1997 | Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media | Tim Burton Denise Di Novi | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1997 | Best Fantasy Film | Nominee | |
| Young Artist Awards 1997 | Best Performance in a Voiceover – Young Artist | Paul Terry | Nominee |
| Young Artist Awards 1997 | Best Family Feature – Animation or Special Effects | Winner |
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Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score | Randy Newman | Nominee |
Young Artist Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Family Feature – Animation or Special Effects | Winner | |
| Best Performance in a Voiceover – Young Artist | Paul Terry | Nominee |
Annecy International Animated Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature Film | Henry Selick | Winner |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Film | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Film | Winner |
Annie Awards
7 nominations
| Best Animated Feature | Nominee | |
| Best Individual Achievement: Directing | Henry Selick | Nominee |
| Best Individual Achievement: Music | Randy Newman | Nominee |
| Best Individual Achievement: Producing | Tim Burton Denise Di Novi | Nominee |
| Best Individual Achievement: Storyboarding | Joe Ranft | Nominee |
| Best Individual Achievement: Voice Acting | Richard Dreyfuss | Nominee |
| Best Individual Achievement: Writing | Karey Kirkpatrick Jonathan Roberts Steve Bloom | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Original Score | Randy Newman | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media | Tim Burton Denise Di Novi | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Fantasy Film | Nominee |