'Coraline' Film Review

Cast

Dakota Fanning
Teri Hatcher
Keith David
Robert Bailey Jr.
John Hodgman
Jennifer Saunders
Dawn French
Ian McShane

Director

Henry Selick

Plot

Feisty 11 year old Coraline is left to entertain herself when her parents move away from her friends in Michigan to the rambling Pink Palace, also home to the most eccentric residents known to man. Ignored by her busy parents and stalked by her socially inept neighbour and his talkative black cat, the inquisitive Coraline soon stumbles into another - apparently improved - version of her own world. But the replacement of buttons for the eyes of her Other Mother and Father are only the first sinister clues that all is not well - and soon Coraline must face down fantastical, quirky and very real dangers to save her family and return to the real world.

Verdict

The result of every fantasist's dream team of author Neil Gaiman and Henry 'Nightmare Before Christmas' Selick, this lovingly crafted 3D stop-animation feature is a genuine delight for the eye and soul alike. Quirky, hilarious, exciting and frightening in turns, Selick has astonishingly improved upon his seminal 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' to deliver a feature that will entertain adults while thrilling - without terrifying - the little people.

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