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Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   29,085 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Henry Selick (screenplay)
Neil Gaiman (book)
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Release Date:
6 February 2009 (USA) more
Tagline:
Be careful what you wish for. more
Plot:
An adventurous girl finds another world that is a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 12 nominations more
User Comments:
Creepy, in a really creative way. more (193 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Dakota Fanning ... Coraline Jones (voice)

Teri Hatcher ... Mel Jones / Other Mother / Beldam (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. ... Wybie Lovat (voice)

Ian McShane ... Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
Aankha Neal ... Sweet Ghost Girl (voice)
George Selick ... Ghost Boy (voice)
Hannah Kaiser ... Tall Ghost Girl (voice)
Harry Selick ... Photo Friend #1 (voice)
Marina Budovsky ... Photo Friend #2 (voice)
Emerson Hatcher ... Magic Dragonfly (voice)
Jerome Ranft ... Mover (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Coraline & the Secret Door (Australia) (promotional title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for thematic elements, scary images, some language and suggestive humor.
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UK:96 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Coraline (2009) is similar to another Neil Gaiman work, MirrorMask (2005), which also featured a dark, parallel world that was a distorted version of our own. People in our world would be there in the other but playing different roles. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Coraline first looks at the picture frame next to her bed, the "3" from "at 7:30" is missing and "Coraline" is spelled "Coral1n3" on the depicted sign. In the next shot, when she holds the frame in her hands, it says "7:30" and "Coral1ne". more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Coraline Jones: [after hearing a creature while exploring the hills] Hello? Who's there?
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Movie Connections:
References Aliens (1986) more
Soundtrack:
Nellie Jean more

FAQ

Will the 3-D glasses I got from the 3-D theatrical run work on the 3-D portion of the DVD release?
Who is Coraline?
The Other Mother at one point is referred to as a 'beldam.' What does this mean?
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65 out of 99 people found the following comment useful.
Creepy, in a really creative way., 31 January 2009
7/10
Author: renedelagza1 from Mexico

When i saw a teaser of this film i didn't imagine it would be a fantasy/horror movie for kids. That's great because there aren't many, and it must be difficult to display a colorful world with the right amount of frightening elements not to leave a child having bad dreams up to adulthood.

Coraline is a girl who wishes she'd had more attention from her parents, a prettier place to live and better neighbors. After she discovers the entrance to an apparently enhanced version of her reality, she'll soon find out that too much perfection can't be real.

Good and imaginative story, delighting visuals, creepiness from the beginning and a couple scary scenes make this an enjoyable film.

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