Be careful what you wish for.
| Cast |
Voices of Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Keith David, John Hodgman, Robert Bailey Jr., Ian McShane |
| Director |
Henry Selick |
| Screenplay | Henry Selick, from the novel by Neil Gaiman |
| Music | Bruno Coulais, They Might Be Giants |
| Cinematography | Pete Kozachik |
| Editing | Christopher Murrie, Ronald Sanders |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2009 |
| Produced by | Laika Entertainment, Pandemonium |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
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| Genre | Animated, fantasy |
| Language | None |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | More menace than actual violence |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | Fantasy animation with some menace and sinister imagery and themes which make mature accompaniment essential for younger or sensitive viewers. |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
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Frightening / Tense Scenes |
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Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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Topics to talk about |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith | 15 |  |
| Die Burger Jeanne Calitz | 15 | |
| Cape Times Kenneth Turan | 20 | |
| iAfrica.com James O'Ehley  Coraline is unfortunately one of those movies that one thought one would have liked more. | 10 |  |
| The Citizen Leon van Nierop | 14 | |
| Box Office Mark Keizer Coraline is a chilly fantasy of the Roald Dahl variety that skirts the safest edges of adolescent horror, both external (scary creatures) and internal (fear of, amongst other items, parental neglect). | 10 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert The director of Coraline has suggested it is for brave children of any age. That's putting it mildly. This is nightmare fodder for children, however brave, under a certain age. | 15 | |
| eye Weekly Jason Anderson Its destiny as a treasured cult curio and reliable nightmare-generator is already secure. | 20 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers Those who tough it out with this twisted, trippy adventure in impure imagination will only be the better for it. | 15 | |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs Coraline is terrific, old-fashioned storytelling told in an imaginative fashion, sure to entertain just about everyone who steps foot into its world. | 15 | |
| Metacritic.com 38 critics | 16 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 164 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer With its vivid stop-motion animation combined with Neil Gaiman's imaginative story, Coraline is a film that's both visually stunning and wondrously entertaining. | 18 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 9353 Netizens Cute. | 16 | |
Average .. 76% | 15 | |