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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.
Kamurai
Oct 23, 2020 · via TMDB
Fantastic watch, will watch again, and do recommend. I really wish more movies would follow this simple and great movie structure. Instead of a typical 3-act structure (not that it isn't technically there), the story is much closer to that of a video game. You have a standard introductory act, but the rest of the movie is split into video game-esque "levels" that develop and unlock as Coraline makes new discoveries and completes different sections of the "map" / house. There is a lot of messaging here as well, mostly concerning relationships between children and parents and how to navigate those in regard to real life events, but everything is "do not tell" levels of subtle so it's not in your face at all. The Beldam itself is a magnificent creation of a "thing that bumps in the night" style of monster. While there is a lot left unexplained, there is plenty that is exampled about the Beldam and her world. The movie also reminds me a lot of "The Wizard of Oz" in a few different ways so its good that there are family friendly movies of this quality that make vague callbacks to classic movies.
ZeBlah
Jun 29, 2019 · via TMDB
Quite dark, but entertaining and very well done. One of the few american animated movies I liked.
talisencrw
May 3, 2016 · via TMDB
Neil Gaiman is so contemporarily vital, both in literature and cinema, because he more than anyone else (with the possible exception of Terry Gilliam) notes that children and adults alike are fascinated with what lies outside our observable and tangible realms of existence. He realized the reasons storytelling have been significantly important since the dawn of mankind, and devised, as the Brothers Grimm did, that fairy tales and children's stories had to be haunting and entertaining to be both memorable and timeless. This is a great film depicting the growing sense as a child approaches adolescence that their parents and their world aren't exactly as they seem, and that through their trials and tribulations (the 'rites of passage', if you will) they'll reach the 'happy medium' they need to in order to find true happiness in their lifetimes. I definitely hope that all of Gaiman's books and graphic novels are made into movies (I most anticipate the 'Miracleman' graphic novels--both those by him and Alan Moore). Ones so well-written would truly be 'comic book movies' worth watching for me.
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Coraline Jones (voice)
Teri Hatcher
Mel Jones / Other Mother (voice)
Jennifer Saunders
Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
Dawn French
Miss Miriam Forcible / Other Forcible (voice)
Keith David
The Cat (voice)
John Hodgman
Charlie Jones / Other Father (voice)
Robert Bailey Jr.
Wyborne 'Wybie' Lovat (voice)
Ian McShane
Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
Emerson Tenney
Magic Dragonfly (voice)
Christopher Murrie
Toy (voice)
Carolyn Crawford
Wybie's Grandmother (voice)
John Linnell
Other Father (singing voice) (uncredited)
Chris Appelhans
Art Department Manager
Dan Krall
Art Department Manager
Shane Prigmore
Art Department Manager
Shannon Tindle
Art Department Manager
Chris Butler
Storyboard Artist
Graham Annable
Storyboard Artist
Mike Cachuela
Storyboard Artist
Pete Kozachik
Director of Photography
Deborah Lurie
Additional Music
Edward Shearmur
Additional Music
Frank Passingham
Lighting Camera
Henry Selick
Director
Christopher Murrie
Editor
Chris Steele
Gaffer
Linda Lamontagne
Casting
Andrew Rona
Executive In Charge Of Production
Alex Heineman
Executive Producer
Bill Mechanic
Producer
Claire Jennings
Producer
Henry Selick
Producer
Colette D. Dahanne
Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Laurent Petitgirard
Conductor
George Doering
Musician
Tom Boyd
Musician
Bruno Coulais
Original Music Composer
Dennis Sands
Scoring Mixer
John Linnell
Songs
Randy Thom
Sound Designer
Randy Thom
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tom Johnson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Antony Elworthy
Animation
Brad Schiff
Animation
Brian Menz
Animation
Guionne Leroy
Animation
Rachel Larsen
Animation
Sarah de Gaudemar
Animation
Shane Prigmore
Animation
Travis Knight
Animation
Anthony Scott
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Brian Van't Hul
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Adam C. Sager
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Neil Gaiman
Book
Henry Selick
Screenplay
Feb 5, 2009
Portland International Film Festival
Feb 6, 2009
Jul 21, 2009
Blu-ray / DVD
Dec 13, 2022
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Aug 14, 2023
14th anniversary re-release
Aug 15, 2024
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