About this movie

Genres:
Animation, Action & Adventure, Family: Language:
English: Running time:
1:40:59: Partner rating:
PG: Released:
2009: Quality:
480 (DVD equivalent)

Cast & Crew

Cast

Dakota Fanning Coraline Jones
Teri Hatcher Mel, Coraline's Mother/Other Mother
Jennifer Saunders Miss Spink
Dawn French Miss Forcible
Keith David Cat
John Hodgman Charlie, Coraline's father/Other father
Robert Bailey
Jr.
Ian McShane Mr. Bobinsky
Robert Bailey Jr. Wybie Lovat
Aankha Neal Sweet Ghost Girl
George Selick Ghost Boy

Directors

Henry Selick

Producers

Henry Selick
Bill Mechanic
Claire Jennings
Mary Sandell

Writers

Henry Selick

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Coraline

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Trailer for Coraline

A young girl walks through a secret door and discovers a parallel reality that is eerily similar to the life she already knows, yet deeply unsettling in a number of ways, in director Henry Selick's animated adaptation of Neil Gaiman's international best-seller. Eleven-year-old Coraline Jones (voice of Dakota Fanning) is fearlessly courageous, and perhaps far too adventurous for her own good. Coraline and her parents (Teri Hatcher and John Hodg... A young girl walks through a secret door and discovers a parallel reality that is eerily similar to the life she already knows, yet deeply unsettling in a number of ways, in director Henry Selick's animated adaptation of Neil Gaiman's international best-seller. Eleven-year-old Coraline Jones (voice of Dakota Fanning) is fearlessly courageous, and perhaps far too adventurous for her own good. Coraline and her parents (Teri Hatcher and John Hodgman) have recently relocated to Oregon from Michigan. Bored in her new home since her parents are distracted by work and she has yet to make any new friends, Coraline passes the time by exploring her new neighborhood with an annoying local boy named Wybie Lovat (Robert Bailey Jr.). But after paying a visit to her eccentric neighbors Miss Spink (Jennifer Saunders) and Miss Forcible (Dawn French), a pair of aging British actresses, and crossing paths with the outright weird Mr. Bobinsky (Ian McShane), the precocious young girl becomes convinced that her new surroundings are just as dull as she'd initially suspected. Shortly thereafter, Coraline discovers a hidden door in her new house, and decides to investigate. Venturing into the eerie passageway inside, Coraline emerges into an alternate version of her own reality. At first glance, this strange new world seems even better than the real thing; there her parents aren't distracted by work, and Coraline is always the center of attention. There's even a mysterious Cat (Keith David) that's fascinated by her every move. But when Coraline's button-eyed Other Mother (also Hatcher) attempts to make her stay permanent, the frightened young girl must summon her resourcefulness and bravery in order to find her way back home and save her real family.

Trailer for Coraline

Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

90%

percent positive reviews

Simon Miraudo, Quickflix It's wildly inventive, thoroughly amusing and fuelled by unhinged imagination. And it's creepy as all hell. – Full review
Simon Foster, sbs.com.au Parents of impressionable littlies should be mindful that the film does descend into a very effective nightmare world in the final reel and some time could be spent shielding eyes from Selick's... – Full review
Jake Wilson, The Age (Australia) This is one of those films that works best if you can forget about the source material. Selick's film is more like a three-ring circus. – Full review
David Stratton, At the Movies (Australia) A wonderfully inventive film. – Full review
Margaret Pomeranz, At the Movies (Australia) The 3-D animation is just superb in Coraline; the imagination of Neil Gaiman has taken flight with director Henry Selick. – Full review
Pauline Adamek, FILMINK (Australia) Coraline is a genuinely creepy film that employs 3-D trickery to its best affect. A deliciously entertaining mythological adventure. – Full review

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