Me, age 8 whenever the centipede was onscreen: I love you. You are my God. I am a soldier in your army and would gladly lay down my life for you.

Me, age 8 whenever the grasshopper was onscreen: You, vile pretentious beast. I hate you. I will see you burnt to ash, and scattered in the wind so you can never be reassembled.

Me, age 8 whenever the centipede and grasshopper were singing and dancing together about how they were family: an interesting thought experiment, but certainly not canon.

An animated masterpeach.

When will Henry Selick bless us with a new stop motion masterpiece again!? 🥺🤧 also I screamed when Jack Skellington was in this, literally my brand!

Based on the Roald Dahl story, Henry Selick's "James and the Giant Peach" is good looking, stop-motion, musical tale that follows young James on his journey across the Atlantic in a giant peach. The film has enough whimsy for younger audiences and enough dark corners for older audiences to enjoy.

What keeps "James and the Giant Peach" from being a film on par with other dark, stop-motion adventures of the Burton/Selick/Laika mold is a story that never fully engrosses. The narrative seems clipped and short; it never allows its audience to gain a foothold in it. The imagery of its animated characters and environs seems to be at a much higher premium than the film's story. It's style vs. substance, and, here, style wins out. Still, that style makes for a film that is worth seeing.

ya I probably shouldn’t have watched this right after cmbyn

Stop motion ages sooooooo freaking well

Not bad, but not quite as good as other Henry Selick movies, either (Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline). Aesthetically very well done, and the story notes from Roald Dahl are delightfully over the top.

Er... why do people freak out about this again?

JAMES: We'll always be together, right?
CENTIPEDE: Kid, you're stuck with us for life!

GEE JAMES, HOW COME YOU GET TO HAVE SIX BUG PARENTS???

i always thought i had seen this at least once as a child but it turns out i fucking had NOT because i was always under the impression that james shrank to the size of a peach

but then you know it wouldn't be a

giant peach

now, would it?

ANYWAY - super cute, did not go at all how i was expecting, giant six-foot bugs in new york??? my wife wants to cosplay miss spider to my centipede and that's the cutest shit i've ever heard.

Creepy stuff, but rightfully so...fantastic...

It’s been years since I’ve seen this and it’s less scary but much weirder than I remember.

From Disney and the director of The Nightmare Before Christmas with producer Tim Burton comes this whimsical live action/stop motion adaptation of Roald Dahl’s fantasy adventure. The bug characters are delightful and the visual effects are terrific in a retro style. It’s a visually dazzling film. I found out this film has an end credits scene.

That centipede smoked the whole movie.

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.