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Coraline
The animation follows an adventurous teenager who got entangled with a world of sinister secrets.
29 September 1942, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
11 October 1957, Holyhead, Wales, UK
4 June 1956, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
8 December 1964, Palo Alto, California, USA
6 July 1958, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
10 November 1997, USA
June1971, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
23 February 1994, Conyers, Georgia, USA
23 November 1966, Los Angeles County, California, USA
November 17, 2014
It would be difficult for any filmmaker to mimic Gaiman's seductively amusing and imaginative writing, and Selick, who also wrote the script, should be commended for not falling back on some golden-tongued narrator. But his Coraline could use more spunk.
November 17, 2014
The movie, though, dares not go below the surface. Could the problem be its use of 3-D? Did the filmmakers think that to offset this additional, illusory visual dimension they had to remove all depth from the story itself?
November 17, 2014
It's the stop-motion figures themselves who steal the show. They're so vivid and expressive, in both body and facial movements, that they cease being mere puppets and take on a life all their own.
November 17, 2014
For all its shortcomings, Coraline nevertheless has more imagination, heart and inventiveness in it than most recent animated films.
February 25, 2009
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.
March 17, 2016
... a gorgeous and imaginative storybook fantasy with nightmare echoes. Think Dr. Seuss by way of Edward Gorey ...
February 23, 2009
A gift to imagination.
November 17, 2014
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.
November 17, 2014
You know from the very first sequence that Coraline is an extraordinary movie that is going to rattle the bejeezus out of young audience members and -- the truth be told -- their fathers as well.
May 08, 2009
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.
February 09, 2009
Neil Gaiman's hugely popular 2002 children's horror novel Coraline has been given the animated 3-D treatment but you may want to keep the toddlers away from this one.
November 17, 2014
Coraline never stops taking artistic risks. I hope there's a brave enough audience out there willing to take the plunge.
