An adventurous 11-year-old girl finds another world that is a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets.An adventurous 11-year-old girl finds another world that is a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets.An adventurous 11-year-old girl finds another world that is a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 8 wins & 46 nominations total
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Keith David
- The Catas The Cat
- (voice)
Emerson Tenney
- Magic Dragonflyas Magic Dragonfly
- (voice)
- (as Emerson Hatcher)
Jerome Ranft
- Moveras Mover
- (voice)
Christopher Murrie-Green
- Toyas Toy
- (voice)
- (as Christopher Murrie)
Jeremy Ryder
- Toyas Toy
- (voice)
- Director
- Writers
- Henry Selick(screenplay)
- Neil Gaiman(book)
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, with caring parents and all her dreams coming true. When the Other Mother invites Coraline to stay in her world forever, the girl refuses and finds that the alternate reality where she is trapped is only a trick to lure her. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Taglines
- Be careful what you wish for.
- Genres
- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG for thematic elements, scary images, some language and suggestive humor
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaThe character Wybie Lovat is not in Neil Gaiman's novel. He was created so Coraline would not have to talk to herself and so she would have a friend her own age.
- GoofsThe house's living room changes places several times throughout the film.
- Quotes
Coraline Jones: How can you walk away from something and then come towards it?
Cat: Walk around the world.
Coraline Jones: Small world.
- Crazy creditsPartway through the credits, behind the scenes footage of the mice swirling around the portal is shown, giving a look at the process of animating in front of the blue screen.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews: Coraline (2009)
Top review
Wonderfully imaginative animation; a visual masterpiece
Henry Selick, the director of " The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "James and the Giant Peach", once again takes us to a world full of imagery and wonder...but this time...some of it is actually frightening. It was filled with such magic and enchantment that I completely forgot that it was a dark tale..until the occasional scares filled the air. It has some highly fun and amusing characters in it also, and that is the strongest thing of the movie. After viewing it, I came to the conclusion it was basically an "Alice in Wonderland" tale (girl entering new and strange world, plus the cat that talks makes it obvious) but this world has a dark twist. Filled with a great cast and terrific visionary, I feel this movie is fun for all ages (who says kiddos shouldn't be scared?)
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- ingloriousbasterds
- Jan 26, 2009
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Coraline y la puerta secreta
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $60,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $75,286,229
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $16,849,640
- Feb 8, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $124,596,837
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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