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Coraline

2009
Drama, Family/Kids
1h 40m
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Rated 10 Feb 2009
63
61st
Besides a great way to traumatize the fuck out of your unexpecting children, this is an immersive, intricately detailed, often awe-inspiring, and creepy fairy tale with a compelling female protagonist.
Rated 14 Mar 2016
88
75th
Great for the budding young Goth in your life.
Rated 29 Jan 2010
80
74th
People are right when they say "Coraline" doesn't have a deep plot going for it. But it doesn't need one either. The excellent visuals and music, along with an atmospheric fairy-tale world inhabited by intriguing and imaginative characters were more than enough to pull me in, and not let go until the closing credits roll.
Rated 15 Jan 2010
80
84th
I think this film is overlooked and underrated simply because in the past couple of years everyone has been jumping on the family friendly pixar hype train. Coraline is a near perfect adaptation of Neil Gaiman's haunting and beautiful dark fairytale. Coraline is not necessarily for young kids but it is one of the most visually interesting and original animated films to come out in a long time.
Rated 13 Feb 2009
88
81st
A beautifully animated, highly imaginative, and all around superbly crafted version of an old conceit. For previous versions of this film see Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, Labyrinth, Pan's Labyrinth, James and the Giant Peach, Mirrormask, The Phantom Tollbooth, Spirited Away, or a hundred other variations of kids escaping their boring/painful real life to a wondrous land that turns out to not be everything they expect and then they learn that real life isn't so bad afterall.
Rated 08 May 2009
75
65th
Incredibly thoroughly crafted and constructed, its aesthetics are as solid as its central themes. Selick should be thoroughly ashamed of himself for not making films more often - he's clearly an artist and this surpasses Nightmare Before Christmas with apparent ease. It's rare I'm so emotionally invested and engaged in a film these days, and this achieves that remarkably. Hatcher's voice acting really impressed me, and so did Fanning who I think I have a newfound respect for. Great.
Rated 07 Feb 2009
87
74th
Coraline is a great traditional stop-motion excursion, with such a lovely charm and pessimistic dark rural ambience. A fitting adaptation of the novel and one of the most skillfully constructed animated films of all-time. Keep your eye out for local listings and showtimes on this one.
Rated 03 Apr 2009
60
33rd
Beautifully crafted and quite entertaining, though it does lack that "magic" touch these kinds of movies need to achieve greatness.
Rated 01 Dec 2009
87
73rd
I'll start with the obvious. The animation is amazing. If you end up having little interest in the plot, the animation makes it hard to look away. There were some slow sections, but I barely cared. The voice acting was really good, especially Ian McShane as Bobinsky and Keith David as the cat. Lovely movie, worth a watch just to prove that stop-motion is still awesome.
Rated 16 Jul 2010
75
49th
As an adult entertainment, this was a fun time. However, as it is directed at children, it pushed the envelope a bit too far, particularly in the burlesque scene. The animation was imaginative and inventive, though the characterizations and the narrative both need a bit more development. Overall, a nice blend of humor, adventure, fantasy, and child's parable.
Rated 28 Aug 2009
60
39th
It's really boring for an adult!
Rated 29 Jun 2011
90
73rd
A beautifully animated, creepy and cleverly twisted modern fairy tale, proving just how instrumental Henry Selick was in a certain other stop-motion classic's success.
Rated 28 Feb 2009
85
39th
A beautiful film with a feeble plot structure. Almost every frame is extremely thoughtfully composed, & the music is mothersbaugh-worthy in its playfulness & catchiness. The scene in the garden is a favorite. That said, the story proceeds like a video game; in fact, the whole second half could easily be divided into levels. More like Pan's Labyrinth than Nightmare Before Christmas.
Rated 24 Mar 2012
96
90th
I don’t care what anyone says, of all of the forms of media and animation as a whole, stop motion will always age like fine wine. I’ve never ever been bored with these movies. Laika doesn’t miss, but this is my favorite from them. It’s actually creepy, and I love that the dialogue doesn’t talk to the audience and kids watching it like they’re idiots. Gaiman is a damn genius, and so is Henry Selick. Also, one of the best movie cats ever. breathtaking from beginning to end.
Rated 16 Jun 2009
82
76th
The stop motions really adds to the films surreal feel. While I feel that the film does drag a bit in places somewhat overall it has an excellent and imaginative story that will keep you wanting to watch more and more. I did feel that some of the voice acting wasn't as good as I was hoping, notably Teri Hatcher. However Keith David is superbly cast and French and Saunders were an excellent touch. Plus Dakota Fanning does a superb job. In short, the good far outweighs the bad.
Rated 31 Jul 2009
55
23rd
Technical specs are outstanding but theres nothing for the mature audiance.. Too simple, too unchalanging.. I got quite board towards the end..
Rated 27 May 2009
95
93rd
Coraline is full of fresh ideas. every character was created with so much love in the detail. ( Mr. Bobinsky is my favorite ) They created a wonderful Fantasy Movie for old and young and I'm very happy to see that there are good animated movies out there at the edge of all those other boring cgi sequels like kung fu panda, shrek 3 andy maaaaany others.Even the soundtrack is something special. Awesome Movie!
Rated 09 Jan 2010
79
58th
Visually, the most inventive and impressive animated film of the year. I feel, however, that both Disney efforts (Princess & Up) top it in storytelling.
Rated 20 May 2009
50
12th
Coraline is supposed to be a cute girl the audience can warm up easily, but Henry Selick succeeds to change the character into a 'The-Other-Girl' who is very irritating, obnoxious and way too annoying unlike Neil Gaiman's version in the book. I think little Coraline had deserved every single horror she faced with, nonetheless, those horrific events failed to satisfy my disgust since Selick succeeded to create such a great hatred for our so-called-protagonist character.
Rated 07 Dec 2009
7
65th
Visually fulfilling to the point that a tier eleven would indeed be needed. Story wise it wasn't half bad either. Only real complaint is the 'Go there: Do this' attitude. Only minor though as the dark themes and fore mentioned beauty make this a magical film.
Rated 26 May 2009
75
80th
Solid voice work, really great visuals and an atmospheric soundtrack turn an interesting but somewhat disjointed story that shouldn't really pay off into an enjoyable experience.
Rated 11 May 2012
78
82nd
Visually brilliant and chock-full of dark fantasy elements, but without that overpowering Goth-girl Burton touch. However, I stick by my observation that Neil Gaiman should stick to writing novels and stay away from screenplays. That, and Dakota Fanning should stick to shutting up.
Rated 23 Feb 2009
70
54th
Well done visually. The story drags quite a bit and is a little too simplistic. Saw it in 3-D, which was pretty impressive.
Rated 06 Mar 2009
7
56th
Visually exciting but there's no sense of danger or tension for most of the latter half. It could have been better plotwise, but I absolutely enjoyed watching it.
Rated 12 May 2010
4
70th
One of the most imaginative and enjoyable animated films I've seen - even legitimately creepy at times with some inspired character designs. Incredibly rewatchable, too.
Rated 25 May 2009
85
76th
Selick has found a story perfectly suited to his methodology. He can let his imagination churn and bustle as the title character explores the inverted world of alluring pleasures she finds down a pathway hidden behind a strange, short door in the wall. Selick fills the frame with giddy, alluring imagery, taking full advantage of his capability to bend the world any which way he cares to.
Rated 05 Dec 2013
85
78th
It's a fairy tale. Hence it's for children. But it's a horror story, so...Well, ask Neil Gaiman. Or Brothers Grimm for that matter. Fairy tales have notorious history of being not really that fairy after all. It works here too and not small part of it is almost flawless execution of the adaptation. The animation and music especially stand out.
Rated 12 Sep 2010
81
79th
Cute animation, and incredibly creepy for a kids film. This movie hearkens back to when movies aimed at kids didn't pull blows. It's very enjoyable for adults as well and definitely worth checking out.
Rated 13 Jun 2011
82
81st
A damned fine stop motion movie that delivers in all aspects, the story and writing is top notch. I feel like a couple movies recently (this and 9) with Burton's name pasted on them for aesthetic only pretty much nullify the niche animation burton has monopolized. Good, this one is better anyway.
Rated 15 Feb 2009
96
96th
Getting away finally from the shadow of Tim Burton, Henry Selick's 'Coraline' is visually awe-inspiring and gorgeous. But the plus-plus side of Selick's new film is his skill as screenwriter, drawing closely to Neil Gaiman's novel, and presenting a fairy tale in its truest form: Enchanting, surreal and at times downright creepy. Bruno Coulais almost avant-garde carousel-like melodies help tons. Very, very easily, one of the best films this year. Don't miss it.
Rated 01 Jan 2010
80
79th
Weird, dark, classic. Kind of what you expect from this pair of writers then.
Rated 15 Aug 2009
82
59th
Amazing animation and a cool story makes this a wonderful kid-oriented movie much in the vein of Nightmare Before Christmas, sharing the same dark atmosphere and of course clay animation. Well worth the watch.
Rated 27 May 2009
90
94th
Pan's Labarynth for kids. I don't say that lightly. Excellent immersive 3D as well.
Rated 08 Apr 2012
68
65th
Solid little animation piece, with a good story, visuals and voice acting. Its very Burton, without the overblown weirdness and gothy kitsch.
Rated 25 Mar 2009
82
78th
Coraline was what it was. It didn't shock or throw out twists. But it was just a good dark family movie. The animation was superb and seeing it in 3-D added to the experience. The soundtrack fits beautifully with the the events in the movie. The characters are lovable and likable and you can relate to this. Great movie!
Rated 28 Jun 2010
71
73rd
The animation is impressive, most of the characters were interesting, and most of the voice acting was good. However, I found Fanning's voice acting incredibly irritating and exaggerated at times and the story can be a bit patchy at times. Overall, a good watch, but it has its flaws.
Rated 14 Jun 2009
90
96th
Very likely the best looking animated film I have ever seen.
Rated 28 Feb 2009
75
59th
The animation is perfect but the story just feels tired. The last 30 minutes is essentially watching a quest based video game but like stated before the absolutely gorgeous animation makes up for everything.
Rated 01 Aug 2009
79
82nd
Quirky and atmospheric with fantastic animation and some wonderful eccentric characters, Coraline is an excellent animation. The plot isn't the most original and it is a tad too long. But these really pretty minor flaws do not detract from its charm, humour and style. A creepy and suductive fairy tale.
Rated 16 Jan 2010
33
3rd
20100112 - Did not enjoy. Attempts to be a Burton-esque film, but lacks humour and decent characters. Story is basic children's plot, and the main character is just an annoying selfish little girl.
Rated 20 Feb 2009
73
69th
Really quite amazing to watch, accompanied by an amazingly creepy but gorgeous but perfect soundtrack. Maybe it would've been even better without any dialogue, because the story itself was somewhat distractingly mediocre.
Rated 31 May 2009
5
44th
Never read the book, but I love me some Neil Gaiman (still hoping for a Good Omens movie, it will be epic). The visuals in this movie are incredible and groundbreaking. Longest stop motion movie to date and the first time that a stop-motion animated morphing sequence has ever been accomplished? Pretty fuckin sweet. Considering it's Gaiman, the story is dry and predictable. Also, the score is AWFUL. They Might Be Giants? No, thanks.
Rated 10 Sep 2011
10
6th
A complete disappointment. I thought it would be similar to the Nightmare Before Christmas but Coraline has nothing in common with that masterpiece except stop-motion animation. Coraline lacks a single compelling character, the script is dull and lifeless, and the story seems pointless and aimless. Though Pan's Labyrinth suffered from many of the same problems as this film, at least Pan's Labyrinth had a revolution going on in the real world to break up the monotony of the dream world. Poor.
Rated 15 May 2015
9
89th
"Coraline" is a fantastic movie, combining Gaiman's imagination with terrifying thrills, atmosphere, and absolutely gorgeous stop-motion animation.
Rated 07 Apr 2015
5
70th
rewatch: again, not as amazing as the first time i saw it, being a stupid moral tale about how selfish little girls need to respect their parents, that has deux ex machina pouring out its ass. but really, the most important thing here are the visuals. they're fucking incredible.
Rated 10 Feb 2009
81
78th
Visually dynamic in ways most films can only dream, especially if you're lucky enough to see it in 3D. Selick's new movie is very enjoyable, with a moral built to bitch slap the Hot Topic crowd that have idolized his Jack Skellington. That said, the story has a few too many Standard Fantasy Quest moments (rescuing sacred objects from dungeons, basically). It's still a lot of fun and an incredible filmgoing experience, but as a film it could be better. Won't be near as good on DVD.
Rated 21 Feb 2010
89
94th
I loved it. Far darker and more mysterious than all the other fairy-tale kind off animation movies nowadays. This is something totally different, a whole other dimension brought into the story and I loved it. Great amusing characters, a weird but just awesome story and a mysteriousness we don't see that often. Great stopmotion animation!
Rated 02 Jan 2010
85
86th
The story's been dumbed down, but the fantastic stop motion and 3D keep you more than interested.
Rated 02 Jan 2011
73
76th
An exquisite, somber and strange animation, Coraline is as painful as entertaining, just like the two worlds and the girl's alternate parents.
Rated 22 Feb 2009
85
87th
A dark, demented fun time.
Rated 25 Mar 2009
74
51st
Visuals are fantastic, but too many story digressions to please younger audiences. The attempts come off flat. But it is beautiful and the Voice Acting is tops.
Rated 12 Apr 2013
80
78th
The animation is great and the story is quite interesting. I like it when animated movies manage to delve into a few darker themes while still managing to be enjoyed by children.
Rated 05 Oct 2009
82
83rd
Beautiful, unpredictable, truly charming, and surprisingly disturbing at times. It's great to have a female heroine who isn't a Lara Croft type, but the film still has her as whiny or a damsel in distress in several places, and there's some other unpleasant gender-related stuff going on. But I criticize because I love: it's a very unique story and the production design is like a totally different world.
Rated 13 Jan 2011
80
75th
Nice and dark. Some incredible stop motion animation provides great eye candy, helping to draw you into the two worlds of the story. The climactic challenge is too easily achieved but it is still a kids film at heart so it's forgivable. Speaking of that, they really do push against the limits of what a PG kid's film can hold, which is delightful for the adults in the audience.
Rated 17 Jun 2009
7
57th
Its visual style and voice acting left me awe-struck all the way through. The story ceased to interest me after its first act. I should watch it in 3D next time...
Rated 06 Jun 2009
75
73rd
A really nice animated story. It does have a slight touch of magic but not a lot. Wish I had seen this in 3D. This movie is more of an adult movie. It is visually appealing. A good movie to watch.
Rated 08 Feb 2009
90
92nd
Beautifully animated, wonderfully creepy, and refreshingly original. It's the perfect antidote to saccharine children's fare that emphasizes funny talking animals over actual mood and substance. Well worth any animation fan's time.
Rated 25 Jul 2009
71
74th
Unlike other animated movies as of late, Coraline does not cater to adults. It is straight-up a kids flick. However, adults will still find it quite enjoyable. Highly recommended for all ages.
Rated 19 Apr 2010
83
50th
A beautiful stop-motion wonder by director Henry Selick. The film is not perfect, but no matter. The visuals and dark tone make up for some minor problems with the story and characters.
Rated 05 Jan 2010
75
75th
Beautifully made; I loved the art style and the grim(m) fairy tale aesthetic. The plot had a nice, simple structure that carried the adventure along from setpiece to setpiece all of which were thoroughly enjoyable.
Rated 09 Feb 2009
81
67th
Astonishing to look at, and it thankfully preserves (most) of the story from the book. But, I wanted it to be creepier. Where were the horrible little rat-songs? Why wasn't the Other Father a hideous, snakelike thing-in-a-basement?
Rated 27 Dec 2009
72
63rd
Jeb WTF? Seductive?
Rated 17 Mar 2013
80
86th
Great kids' film which is beautiful and creepy all at once, helped along by gorgeous visuals, an imaginative story and a unique soundtrack that is miles away from the Danny Elfman scores these films usually get lumped with. Selick has stepped out from Burton's shadow to produce a film that's arguably better than anything Burton has done in a long time.
Rated 21 Feb 2011
76
83rd
Properly creepy with a love & respect your "real parents" moral, Coraline is surprisingly relatable and speaks to oft held beliefs of children that will likely not be unknown to any viewer.
Rated 09 Feb 2009
60
11th
Visually stunning & not much else.Theoretically 4 children, the film has such vividly creepy images, it's hard 2 imagine any child watching this w/out experiencing nightmares 4 days on end. & barring design aficionados or Tim Burton, it's unlikely any1 older not growing bored w/ predictable storyline, 1-dimensional characters & terminally sluggish pacing. Stop-motion 3-D w/ imagery this powerful should not feel this flat. A great score here, but like the visuals, it merits a far better movie.
Rated 18 Feb 2009
75
68th
The look of this film is just "wow". Seriously. The story isn't bad, for a kids' film. But it's not anything especially creative or new. It felt like it ran a little long at the end, but I wouldn't say it dragged. This almost falls into the Pan's Labryinth category - where the film may be too adult for children, yet too childish for adults - but may just be appropriate for both groups.
Rated 26 Feb 2009
85
87th
The story may be a bit thin, but it's basically a horror film for kids. The film itself is absolutely beautiful to look at.
Rated 23 Jun 2009
79
80th
Coraline is a beautifully crafted stop-motion animated film from Henry Selick, also known for The Nightmare Before Christmas. The lighting, textures and the visuals in general are jaw-droppingly beautiful and while the story itself didn't intrigue me that much being a little older than the targeted audience, I did enjoy the film as a whole, and the excellent voice casting probably has something to do with that. As 'angrypierre' mentioned, Coraline is a bit like Pan's Labyrinth for kids.
Rated 02 Jan 2010
65
34th
The animation and direction are beautiful, but the story is somewhat lacking the magic of other similar films.
Rated 14 Dec 2009
50
38th
High production values. Great stop motion and thoroughly impressive voice acting. Unfortunately, it also features a fucked out story.
Rated 15 Mar 2009
88
87th
While the beginning of the film has some rushed dialogue, this is a film that rewards with repeat viewings. It becomes somehow more immersive and surprisingly intricate, and its characters ground the very deliberate and delicate (and somewhat off-putting) pacing. The film's darkness is a benefit, whatever worried adults might say. We should all be rightly scared sometimes.
Rated 24 May 2010
79
81st
Visually arresting and creepily effective children's yarn, showing real flashes of imaginative storytelling.
Rated 27 Jul 2021
100
94th
surprisingly good for an apparent children's movie. i thought the way they made it interesting for adults without just adding sexual jokes and politics. of course the graphics and stop-motion animation was exeptional too.
Rated 03 Oct 2021
80
56th
Great visuals. Extremely good performances, especially from the parents. The pacing was a bit off, but that was true of the book, as well.
Rated 11 Oct 2021
95
84th
Favorite movie
Rated 15 Sep 2022
10
2nd
Scary
Rated 10 Jan 2023
75
88th
This makes me disown my dolls.
Rated 13 Jul 2009
80
94th
One creepy animation by the writer Neil Gaiman. Great atmosphere.
Rated 30 May 2009
90
94th
Technically and visually impressive, so beautiful and full of details. The plot is the same level, an adventure dark, macabre but lovely.
Rated 23 Jun 2009
78
67th
The animation here is not as smooth as some of the other stuff available. But the execution of the storyline is fantastic
Rated 19 Jan 2013
67
54th
Awright.
Rated 15 Jul 2009
85
81st
Great animation and a lot of fun.The story's good but it does feel like there's not quite enough there to be called great.
Rated 25 Oct 2010
60
30th
Beautiful animation carrying a terribly tired and predictable plot.
Rated 07 Mar 2009
85
82nd
One half of the Nightmare Before Christmas duo, Henry Selick gets another chance to bring stop motion to the masses in this Neil Gaiman adaptation. This is a superbly filmed movie that scares the crap out of its intended audience, yes I heard crying children when I saw this in the theatre. I was hoping it would have been a little longer, but it really didnt need to be. The puppets are colorful and amusing, and everything meshes well. I hope this give Henry a chance to make more films like this.
Rated 14 Jul 2009
75
76th
Sooooo scaryy! Gotta love the stop motion animation and the 3D gave a nice touch to it. Great charachters and a lovely imaginative world. Fanning and Hatcher really suprised me with their vibrante voice acting.
Rated 12 Mar 2010
80
72nd
Certainly Selick's magnum opus to date, based on a derivative novel by former comics hack made good Neil Gaiman. The material is okay -- but the production and execution make so much more out of the material -- Selick, not Gaiman, is clearly the star here.
Rated 10 Apr 2017
85
47th
Wonderful story. Great art direction.
Rated 24 Aug 2009
90
87th
Great animation and lots of fun.
Rated 08 Sep 2009
70
52nd
Visually astounding.
Rated 18 Oct 2010
75
61st
Ok. As an animated film it's great. But I read the book years ago and had higher expectations concerning the voice acting/creepiness. It all sort of fell flat where I wanted it to pick up. A congrats is in order though to Henry Selick.
Rated 09 Mar 2009
90
94th
With a seamless fusion of CG and stop-motion driving the well-drawn setting, mythology and characters, Coraline should take its worthy place alongside The Brave Little Toaster and Willy Wonka and continue to scare the living shit out of children for decades to come.
Rated 22 Mar 2009
96
0th
lucky enough to see the 3-d version. A dark yet quite film that is aimed more towards adults. I enjoyed Coraline very much but the 3-D really put the film over.
Rated 17 Sep 2009
75
74th
Fantastic animation and voice acting are the highlights of this dark little fairy tale. The story is pretty lacking in depth, however, which might bore a lot of adults.
Rated 12 Dec 2009
72
16th
Fisrt
Rated 13 May 2009
80
77th
This rating may go up on repeat viewings. Definitely has the Gaiman wierdness, which is good. And Teri Hatcher didn't make me want to burn the cinema, which is a major plus.
Rated 14 Apr 2010
65
11th
*Very slow* going. Two (of four) teenagers watching it with me gave up and left. Still, it looks nice.
Rated 29 May 2009
70
53rd
Stop motion animation at its best! It could've scored more if the movie wasn't designed for children, I mean the plot isn't actually much challenging. Otherwise there's nothing much wrong with this movie. And Keith David as "Cat" is just great.
Rated 05 Apr 2009
68
41st
saw it in a theater with lots of kids and i don't think either set of view works on it, 4-5-09 w katie
Rated 20 Oct 2009
60
39th
One of the year's better animated offerings. Visually stirring and with ample charm, though a bit thin in the story department. It is perhaps a bit too demanding, deliberate, and scary for most children, but it will find an audience outside of the Pixar cult.
Rated 15 Oct 2011
75
83rd
Charming, witty, creepy, imaginative, and every other adjective you could associate with Neil Gaiman ring true in Henry Selick's stop-motion adaptation. Selick chooses the perfect medium to accentuate Gaiman's grotesque oddity and builds a great cast to bring his characters and world to life.

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