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Coraline

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Coraline

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Animated fantasy based on the book by Neil Gaiman, featuring the voices of Dakota Fanning and Teri Hatcher. A little girl finds a hidden door that leads to an eerie parallel world where her "Other Mother" lavishes her with attention, but she soon feels stifled and wants to go home.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Terry Staunton

Henry Selick's stop-motion animation version of Neil Gaiman's celebrated children's book is just as darkly original as the director's earlier feature The Nightmare before Christmas. Here, stuck in dreary rural Oregon, 11-year-old Coraline (voiced by Dakota Fanning) discovers a parallel world to her family's new home. This alternative reality offers more thrills and surprises than her own, seemingly dull, life. However, her near-perfect "Other Mother" (a deliciously wicked pantomime turn by Teri Hatcher) has a hidden agenda and schemes to make Coraline the latest in a long line of trophies. Coraline's dangerous predicament, coupled with the eye-popping set design, makes for a sinister and menacing universe that provides excitement and thrills, but may be a little too intense for younger viewers used to more sanitised fare.

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Cast

rolenameCoraline JonesDakota FanningMother / Other MotherTeri HatcherMiss SpinkJennifer SaundersMiss ForcibleDawn FrenchCat Keith DavidFather / Other Father John HodgmanWybie LovatRobert Bailey JrMr BobinskyIan McShane

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rolenameDirectorHenry Selick

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Theatrical distributor

Universal Pictures Int (UK)

Released on

2009-05-08

Languages

English | English | Russian

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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