Each character babbles out their lines at top speed and the (wonderfully detailed and stylised) insects are animated in such constant movement that it’s hard to marry up the voices to figure out who is actually saying what. Once the stop-motion begins we get a visual feast, for sure – but the pacing is rather off. The over-the-top pantomime performances by Joanna Lumley and Miriam Margolyes provide the typical ‘horrible aunts’ caricatures – all greed, cackling, and verbal abuse – but this does grate after it goes on rather too long. ‘Wrong’ is too strong a word, but there is certainly something off about ‘James and the Giant Peach’. ![]() Stop-motion animation bookended by live action sequences and tons of acting talent involved. With stop-motion master Henry Selick directing (previously the spooky joy of ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ (1993) and latterly the excellently unsettling ‘ Coraline‘ (2009), Tim Burton producing, and Roald Dhal’s trademark oddity tale of giant peaches and insects, a ll the right people were involved in ‘James and the Giant Peach’. Genre: Fantasy, Action/Adventure REVIEW: ‘JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH’ Starring: Paul Terry, Simon Callow, Richard Dreyfuss ![]() Thus follows a grand adventure but will James and his new friends reach their new life in a happier place? James and the Giant Peach (1996) – Director: Henry Selik A meeting with a mysterious stranger causes a peach to grow to an enormous size as well as a few creepy crawlies and, wishing to escape his miserable life, James climbs aboard the peach. ![]() James and the Giant Peach – After James’ parents are killed by a runaway rhino, he’s sent to live with his abusive aunts who use him as their own personal slave.
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