Release Date: February 6, 2009 Director: Henry Selick Producer: Bill Mechanic, Claire Jennings, Henry Selick, Mary Sandell Studio: Alliance Films Starring: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Keith David, John Hodgman, Robert Bailey, Jr., Ian McShane Genre: Fantasy Running Time: 100 minutes
Thursday, July 14, 2011 3:11:52 AM | (Age Not Specified)
This movie was perfect! The stop motion was beautiful, the story was flawless, and overall a magnificent film! I could go on and on, but no one has that time!
Sunday, November 1, 2009 12:11:34 PM | (Age Not Specified)
Great film. Very creepy. My 5 year old daughter begged to see it and loved it. I'm sure she is an exception. I think we expect the bright and shiny to often from kids entertainment and program our kids to find anything as thought provoking as "bad film".
Saturday, July 25, 2009 5:09:48 PM | (age group: 2-17) | M
I feel this movie is one of the best films ever made-- definatley Henry Selick's best film. They did this movie in brilliant stop-motion animation: the only kind that gives films all that vivid color and texture.
Coraline (Fanning) is a little girl who is bored of her house. Her neighbors are ding-bats and drunk. Miss Spink and Miss Forcible (Saunders and French) are the neighbors that live under Coraline's house in the Pink Palace. Mister Bobinsky (McShane) lives upstairs from Coraline. Somewhere in the same area, Wybie Lovvat (Bailey Jr.) is Coraline's secret boyfriend she has a small crush on.
In Coraline's first house, her mother (Hatcher) and her father (Hodgman) are very dull, but he