Kodi Smit-McPhee, Oscar-nominated for his supporting performance in 2021’s The Power of the Dog, provides the voice of Norman in this imaginative and emotional stop-motion animated feature from Laika. Norman Babcock, a teenage boy who can communicate with the dead, finds himself forced to save his hometown from a witch’s curse. ParaNorman was nominated for Best Animated Feature and features a charming score by Jon Brion, known for films such as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004).