Fresh
Coraline never stops taking artistic risks. I hope there's a brave enough audience out there willing to take the plunge.
Tom Charity, CNN.com
Coraline
Be careful what you wish for.
2009 · 1h 40m · PG
Animation, Family, Fantasy
Directed by
Henry Selick
Overview
Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.
Director and cast
- Henry Selick Director
- Dakota Fanning as Coraline Jones (voice)
- Teri Hatcher as Mother / Other Mother (voice)
- Jennifer Saunders as Miss Spink (voice)
- Dawn French as Miss Forcible (voice)
- Keith David as Cat (voice)
- Ian McShane as Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
- John Hodgman as Father / Other Father (voice)
- Robert Bailey Jr. Cast
- Aankha Neal Cast
- Hannah Kaiser Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Fresh
All involved in this production deserve praise for turning Coraline into a triumph of storytelling and cinematic technology. Whether you're young, middle-age or older, you'll adore it.
Randy Myers, San Jose Mercury News
Fresh
This dark edge will be the biggest test of the film as a commercial prospect: it may be too terrifying for the target audience. But for braver kids - and parents - this is a thrilling, even challenging ride.
Tom Huddlestone, Time Out
Fresh
Employing stop-motion animation that renders human beings with the distinctive characteristics evident in both The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach, Selick finds the perfect look to bring Gaiman's vision to life.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
A gift to imagination.
David Denby, New Yorker
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