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Coraline

Coraline

Actor(s): Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French
Director(s): Henry Selick
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: PG
Content Advisory: Scary Moments, Mild Language
Movie Release: 2009
DVD Release: 07/21/2009
Format: DVD - Color
Edition: Dual Layered
Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 41 mins
Studio: Universal Studios
Members Wishing: 199
Genres: Fantasy, Children's Fantasy
See Also: Coraline [Collector's Edition] [Includes Digital Copy], Coraline [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray/DVD], Coraline [Collector's Edition] [2D/3D] [Includes Digital Copy] [With 4 3D Glasses] [Blu-r, Coraline [Collector's Edition] [2D/3D] [Includes Digital Copy] [With 4 3D Glasses]

DVD Synopsis

A young girl walks through a secret door and discovers a parallel reality that is eerily similar to the life she already knows, yet deeply unsettling in a number of ways, in director Henry Selick's animated adaptation of Neil Gaiman's international best-seller. Eleven-year-old Coraline Jones (voice of Dakota Fanning) is fearlessly courageous, and perhaps far too adventurous for her own good. Coraline and her parents (Teri Hatcher and John Hodgman) have recently relocated to Oregon from Michigan. Bored in her new home since her parents are distracted by work and she has yet to make any new friends, Coraline passes the time by exploring her new neighborhood with an annoying local boy named Wybie Lovat (Robert Bailey Jr.). But after paying a visit to her eccentric neighbors Miss Spink (Jennifer Saunders) and Miss Forcible (Dawn French), a pair of aging British actresses, and crossing paths with the outright weird Mr. Bobinsky (Ian McShane), the precocious young girl becomes convinced that her new surroundings are just as dull as she'd initially suspected. Shortly thereafter, Coraline discovers a hidden door in her new house, and decides to investigate. Venturing into the eerie passageway inside, Coraline emerges into an alternate version of her own reality. At first glance, this strange new world seems even better than the real thing; there her parents aren't distracted by work, and Coraline is always the center of attention. There's even a mysterious Cat (Keith David) that's fascinated by her every move. But when Coraline's button-eyed Other Mother (also Hatcher) attempts to make her stay permanent, the frightened young girl must summon her resourcefulness and bravery in order to find her way back home and save her real family. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Actors

Dakota Fanning - Coraline Jones
Teri Hatcher - Mel, Coraline's Mother/Other Mother
Jennifer Saunders - Miss Spink
Dawn French - Miss Forcible


Member Movie Reviews

KAT O. wrote on 11/5/2009...

I'll admit its a little scary, however I like the overall lesson it teaches the child. Pretty cool in 3d! I liked it. =D

SHARYL G. from INYOKERN, CA wrote on 10/7/2009...

3 of 6 member(s) found this review helpful.
THIS IS NOT A CHILD'S MOVIE!! I watched this movie with my 18 year old daughter and found it to be to scary for younger viewers. It is about a girl that is unhappy with her current parents and is sucked into another world where her "perfect parents" are. It is of course the deadly snare of a horrible child eating spider. There is a gory part in the movie where it talks about removing the child's eyes and replacing them with buttons using a needle and thread. I would not watch this movie, and would never allow any child under the age of 13 to watch it at all.

Barbara M. wrote on 10/3/2009...

0 of 3 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is not a movie for children. It is a horror movie for teens maybe? The preteener that I know that watched it clung to her mother throughout the entire showing.
It is about distracted parents and a daughter that is enticed into and alternate twilight zone world by a "super mom" who then entraps both her and her parents.
I am marking anything done by Tim Burton off my list. It is another movie in which the parents look like the fools and the children solve the problems. Neither my family or my neighbors family had any use for this one. Save your credit No thanks


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