what could be a very beautiful and captivate story be a wasted unusually long 79 minute of time . the human character be very annoy . the music ( sorry randy newman ) be terrible . the score be not bad and but the song simply reek . as far a the story and i confess that i have never read the book that it base on and but i find part of it charm and and other part a bit strange . ok and the abused orphan boy and and magical giant peach and lead to boy escape to ny be very nice . the fantasy element be introduce by these glow green seed which produce the peach . and therefore everything inside be fantasy . but what about these other absurities . what with the mechanical shark . what this rhinocerous that come from a storm cloud and kill jam parent . don not get me wrong and i love absurdity . but i also like consistency and this movie just seem to have no guideline of what should be fantasy and what should be reality . sad but true and the most entertaining aspect of this film be the amusement i receive from james speech impediment and ( i be not afwaid of you . ) . on a side note and just like nightmare before christmas and the animation be great . but this movie sadly need some burton and elfman touch .