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Coraline

Be careful what you wish for.

This stop-motion animation is being released in both 2D and 3D versions, this is the 2D version. The story borrows an idea from Alice in Wonderland, with a sinister twist. A little girl is unhappy at home, as her parents have no time for her. One day, she discovers a secret door and enters into an alternate universe, where she has a loving mother and father, but they have no souls. There are also an assortment of other weird characters in this world. As she comes to realise that her new home is not that wonderful, she has to find a way to escape back to her real family.

100 minutes, Mature Accompaniment under 10
Adventure, Animated, Family, Fantasy.

Credits

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

SA Distributor

UIP

FPB Report (SA)
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.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity

Violence

Blood / Gore / Gross

Guns /
Weapons

Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)

South African Media

Cape Argus/The StarTheresa Smith

Die BurgerJeanne Calitz

Cape TimesKenneth Turan

iAfrica.comJames O'Ehley Coraline is unfortunately one of those movies that one thought one would have liked more.

The CitizenLeon van Nierop

International Media

Box Office (USA)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).

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger 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.

eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson Its destiny as a treasured cult curio and reliable nightmare-generator is already secure.

Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers Those who tough it out with this twisted, trippy adventure in impure imagination will only be the better for it.

ScreenIt (USA)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.

Metacritic.com38 critics

RottenTomatoes.com164 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer 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.

Internet (IMDB)9353 Netizens Cute.

Average .. 76%

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