Overview
Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.
MovieMagicScore Overview
Auto-generatedHenry Selick's 2009 stop-motion fantasy follows a curious eleven-year-old who, bored in a new home, discovers a hidden door leading to an unsettlingly perfect mirror version of her life. To remain in that seductive other world, she must weigh a frightening price. Visually inventive and eerie, the film blends family-oriented wonder with genuine menace, exploring attention, identity, and the danger behind too-good-to-be-true comforts. Its darker tone makes it ideal for older children and adults who enjoy imaginative, slightly spooky fairy tales. It carries a MagicMovieScore of 7.9.
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Trailer
Top Cast
Dakota Fanning
Coraline Jones (voice)
Teri Hatcher
Mel Jones / Other Mother (voice)
Jennifer Saunders
Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
Dawn French
Miss Miriam Forcible / Other Forcible (voice)
Keith David
The Cat (voice)
John Hodgman
Charlie Jones / Other Father (voice)
Robert Bailey Jr.
Wyborne 'Wybie' Lovat (voice)
Ian McShane
Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
8,920 ratings, tightly clustered. This score is unlikely to move more than 0.03 with new ratings.
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Movie Info
Release Date
February 5, 2009
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
PG
Genres
Animation, Family, Fantasy
Director