The Nightmare Before Christmas
The film initially received positive reviews from critics; it has since gone on to receive widespread critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 95%, based on 88 reviews, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The site's consensus reads, ""The Nightmare Before Christmas" is a stunningly original and visually delightful work of stop-motion animation." On Metacritic the film has a score of 82 out of 100, based on 30 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
Cookie Jar Group
In 1984, Cinar changed their focus from media distribution to production and moved operations to Montreal, where they concentrated on children's television programming (including "Animal Crackers", "Emily of New Moon", "Mona the Vampire", and "The Wombles"), as well as the English and French dubs of the anime series "Adventures of the Little Koala" and "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and the Spain-originating TV series "The World of David the Gnome", and the English dub of "Ultra Seven". As a production company, Cinar was also involved in the work of "Are You Afraid of the Dark?", "The Busy World of Richard Scarry", "Madeline", "The Real Story of Happy Birthday to You", "The Adventures of Paddington Bear", "Space Cases", "The Shoe People" and its most famous work, "Arthur", "Zoboomafoo" and "Caillou".