The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) ***1/2

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) has always been a weird film for me. While I do own it, and while I do enjoy it quite a lot, I've never been crazy about the songs, and being that it's a musical, that prevents me from ever fully embracing it. I adore stop-motion and the animation in TNBC is undoubtedly gorgeous. I always greatly appreciate all the painstaking care and craft that goes into making a film of this sort. But when it comes to stop-motion Tim Burton properties, I know I am in the minority when I say that I prefer Corpse Bride (2005). And when it comes to stop-motion films by Henry Selick (who directed TNBC, not Burton as I think a lot of people still believe), I prefer Coraline (2009) (review).