This had a great concept. But it was unable to hold my attention throughout.
I loved how in the beginning we saw Norman walking down a street, talking happily to ghosts but became silent and awkward when faced with the living. I thought that spoke volumes about our little protagonist.
I was also very impressed with the stop-motion images. I thought it set another standard as to how good this form of captured images could look, and how smooth the transitions were between each capture.
The story was certainly spooky and scary. When Norman went into a house with a dead body in it, at that point I was questioning if this was actually suitable for kids.
However, there weren't enough to really bring me in into this fantasy land. The development of the story was not as grounded as I would have liked and I found myself drifting away more than once.
The storytelling too was a little lazy at times. When Norman rode his bicycle and knocked down the school bully, I thought that was quite out of character for Norman and that progression could have been done better.
I also didn't like how when the antagonist, an eleven year old, ghost of a little girl, was crying; the tears were black with mascara. Surely that wasn't necessary as those tears were from an eleven year old girl, much less a ghost for that matter.
These things just baffle the heck out of me. This, nevertheless, was something trivial. The main disappointment still stemmed from the story progression.
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