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Coraline

  • 20092009
  • PGPG
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
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Keith David and Dakota Fanning in Coraline (2009)
Coraline - The first trailer for the upcoming 3D stop-motion animated film.
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  • Animation
  • Drama
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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.

IMDb RATING
7.7/10
220K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,060
189
  • Director
    • Henry Selick
  • Writers
    • Henry Selick(screenplay)
    • Neil Gaiman(book)
  • Stars
    • Dakota Fanning(voice)
    • Teri Hatcher(voice)
    • John Hodgman(voice)
Top credits
  • Director
    • Henry Selick
  • Writers
    • Henry Selick(screenplay)
    • Neil Gaiman(book)
  • Stars
    • Dakota Fanning(voice)
    • Teri Hatcher(voice)
    • John Hodgman(voice)
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 466User reviews
    • 330Critic reviews
    • 80Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 8 wins & 46 nominations total

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    Robert Bailey Jr. and Dakota Fanning in Coraline (2009)
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    Teri Hatcher, Dakota Fanning, and John Hodgman in Coraline (2009)
    Teri Hatcher in Coraline (2009)
    Dakota Fanning in Coraline (2009)
    Dakota Fanning in Coraline (2009)
    John Hodgman in Coraline (2009)
    Ian McShane in Coraline (2009)
    Henry Selick in Coraline (2009)
    Teri Hatcher in Coraline (2009)
    Dakota Fanning in Coraline (2009)
    Dakota Fanning and Ian McShane in Coraline (2009)

    Top cast

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    Dakota Fanning
    Dakota Fanning
    • Coraline Jonesas Coraline Jones
    • (voice)
    Teri Hatcher
    Teri Hatcher
    • Mel Jonesas Mel Jones
    • (voice)
    • …
    John Hodgman
    John Hodgman
    • Charlie Jonesas Charlie Jones
    • (voice)
    • …
    Jennifer Saunders
    Jennifer Saunders
    • Miss April Spinkas Miss April Spink
    • (voice)
    • …
    Dawn French
    Dawn French
    • Miss Miriam Forcibleas Miss Miriam Forcible
    • (voice)
    • …
    Keith David
    Keith David
    • The Catas The Cat
    • (voice)
    Robert Bailey Jr.
    Robert Bailey Jr.
    • Wyborne 'Wybie' Lovatas Wyborne 'Wybie' Lovat
    • (voice)
    Ian McShane
    Ian McShane
    • Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinskyas Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky
    • (voice)
    • …
    Aankha Neal
    • Sweet Ghost Girlas Sweet Ghost Girl
    • (voice)
    George Selick
    • Ghost Boyas Ghost Boy
    • (voice)
    Hannah Kaiser
    • Tall Ghost Girlas Tall Ghost Girl
    • (voice)
    Harry Selick
    • Photo Friendas Photo Friend
    • (voice)
    Marina Budovsky
    • Photo Friendas Photo Friend
    • (voice)
    Emerson Tenney
    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)
    Carolyn Crawford
    • Wybie's Grandmotheras Wybie's Grandmother
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Henry Selick
    • Writers
      • Henry Selick(screenplay)
      • Neil Gaiman(book)
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    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
    • parallel worlds
    • stop motion
    • female protagonist
    • horror for children
    • button eyes
    • 227 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • Be careful what you wish for.
    • Genres
      • Animation
      • Drama
      • Family
      • Fantasy
      • Thriller
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated PG for thematic elements, scary images, some language and suggestive humor
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The 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.
    • Goofs
      The 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 credits
      Partway 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.
    • Connections
      Featured in Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews: Coraline (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Sirens of the Sea
      Performed by Michele Mariana

      Written by Henry Selick

      Copyright (c) 2007 Henry Selick

    User reviews466

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    An Instant Classic
    Feisty eleven-year-old Coraline walks through a secret door and discovers a parallel reality. That reality is sort of similar to the life she already knows yet deeply unsettling in a number of ways. Coraline (voice of Dakota Fanning) begins a journey of adventure and self discovery when her parents (Teri Hatcher and John Hodgman) relocate the family to Oregon from Michigan. No one in this new space has time for her so she spends her time exploring her new neighborhood with an talkative local boy named Wybie Lovat (Robert Bailey Jr.). After discovering the odd neighbors all of whom are true characters, she is still bored somehow.

    All of this immense undertaking is courtesy writer and director Henry Selick, director of Nightmare Before Christmas, and the well crafted adaptation of Neil Gaiman's international best-selling children's novel. To Selick's credit this is the first 3D stop motion ever made; stereoscopic 3D. Selick himself worked on the film for three years. The style is stunning and the story is an unwavering fairy-tale nightmare that has some genuinely scary moments. is a masterful movie and an exciting tale of mystery and imagination.

    In the rotting nooks and crannies of Coraline's new home the real story begins and where she discovers a hidden doorway behind the wallpaper. Inside is her alternate space where there are doubles of her distracted parents now lavish loving attention on Coraline, the oddball neighbors are friendlier, and her pesky friend long longer speaks. Only her parents' eyes now black buttons give a clue that something isn't quite right.

    Selick has created a world as much for adults as children as there are references dotted throughout that the young won't understand. The imagery, however, is very child like. Both talents live side by side and bodes well for Selick's previous work in Nightmare before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach and even Monkeybone. His work has always been fascinating. Gaiman is to be credited with the story for sure, but this is Selick through and through. This film is sure to become an instant classic and as well executed as this movie is it should be.
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    FAQ7

    • Is "Coraline" based on a book?
    • The tagline reads, "From the director of The Nightmare Before Christmas". Did Tim Burton direct this film?
    • Who is Coraline?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 6, 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official site (France)
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Coraline y la puerta secreta
    • Filming locations
      • Portland, Oregon, USA
    • Production companies
      • Focus Features
      • Laika Entertainment
      • Pandemonium
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    Box office

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    • 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
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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