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ParaNorman
2012
· Movie
· 92 min
B
MEANRANK
74/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #277
- IMDb #293
- Google retired #84
- Rotten Tomatoes #204
- Metacritic #166
- Letterboxd #204
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #168
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #270
- Metacritic Critics #138
- Metacritic Audience #201
- Criticker #115
- Douban #194
- Kinopoisk #420
- AlloCiné #269
- Trakt #313
Every rating
54–96
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 54, highest is Google on 96.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young boy who can speak with the dead is the only one who can see the approaching danger of a centuries-old witch's curse. He must use his unusual ability to save his town from a horde of zombies and ghouls risen from the grave, all while being misunderstood and chased by the panicked townspeople.
Details
- Directors
- Chris Butler, Sam Fell
- Writer
- Chris Butler
- Studio
- LAIKA
- Released
- 3 August 2012
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $60.0M
- Box office
- $107.3M
- Awards
- 16 wins, 24 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 40 →1 major award won · 16 wins from 40 nominations across 26 ceremonies
| Critics Choice Awards 2012 | Best Animated Feature | Winner | |
| Academy Awards 2012 | Best Animated Feature | Sam Fell, Chris Butler | Nominee |
| BAFTA Awards 2012 | Best Animated Film | Nominee | |
| Producers Guild of America 2012 | Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures | Travis Knight, Arianne Sutner | Nominee |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2012 | Best Animated Film | Winner | |
| Annie Awards 2012 | Character Animation in a Feature Production | Travis Knight | Winner |
| Annie Awards 2012 | Character Design in an Animated Feature Production | Heidi Smith | Winner |
| Annie Awards 2012 | Production Design in an Animated Feature Production | Nelson Lowry, Ross Stewart, Pete Oswald, Ean McNamara, Trevor Dalmer | Nominee |
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Critics Choice Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature | Winner |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Sam Fell, Chris Butler | Nominee |
BAFTA Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Film | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America
1 nomination
| Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures | Travis Knight, Arianne Sutner | Nominee |
Annie Awards
11 nominations, 3 won
| Character Animation in a Feature Production | Travis Knight | Winner |
| Character Design in an Animated Feature Production | Heidi Smith | Winner |
| Foley Mixing in an Animated Feature Production | Richard Duarte | Winner |
| Animated Effects in an Animated Production | Andrew Nawrot, Joe Gorski, Grant Lake | Nominee |
| Best Animated Feature | Nominee | |
| Best Production Design – TV/Media | Thibault Leclercq, Santiago Montiel, Jung Woonyoung, Stephanie Bray-Lee | Nominee |
| Best Storyboarding – TV/Media | Coleton Palmer, Katherine Jay Myong, Heewon Jeong | Nominee |
| Directing in an Animated Feature Production | Sam Fell, Chris Butler | Nominee |
| Production Design in an Animated Feature Production | Nelson Lowry, Ross Stewart, Pete Oswald, Ean McNamara, Trevor Dalmer | Nominee |
| Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production | Emmanuela Cozzi | Nominee |
| Writing in an Animated Feature Production | Chris Butler | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Film | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature | Winner |
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Film | Winner |
Denver Film Critics Society
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature | Winner |
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Film | Winner |
Online Film Critics Society
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature | Winner |
San Diego Film Critics Society
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Film | Winner |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature | Winner |
Southeastern Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Film | Winner |
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature | Winner |
Utah Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature | Winner |
Washington D. C. Area Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature | Winner |
Visual Effects Society
5 nominations
| Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture | Chris Butler, Sam Fell, Travis Knight, Brad Schiff | Nominee |
| Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture | Graveyard: Phil Brotherton, Robert Desue, Oliver Jones, Nick Mariana | Nominee |
| Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture | Main Street: Alice Bird, Matt Delue, Caitlin Pashalek | Nominee |
| Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture | Practical Volumetrics: Aidan Fraser, Joe Gorski, Eric Kuehne, Andrew Nawrot | Nominee |
| Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture | Angry Aggie Ink-Blot Electricity: Michael Cordova, Grant Laker, Susanna Luck, Peter Vickery | Nominee |
GLAAD Media Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Film - Wide Release | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Animated Film | Nominee |
Indiana Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Nominee |
Phoenix Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Animated Film | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Film | Sam Fell and Chris Butler | Nominee |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Animated Film | Nominee |