Coraline (Two-Disc Collectors
Edition) starring Dakota Fanning, Teri
Hatcher, John Hodgman, Jennifer
Saunders, Dawn French
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Personal Review: Coraline (Two-Disc Collectors Edition)
starring Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, John Hodgman, Jennifer
Saunders, Dawn French
Question: What would you get if Alice Liddell married Jack Skellington?
Answer: CORALINE
The animated film, CORALINE is a deliciously eerie movie adaptation of
the novel by Neil Gaiman. This dark odyssey starts with a young girl's

boredom and ends with her being appreciative of her own backyard. Both
figuratively and literally. It is a well-told tale reminiscent of Through the
Looking Glass, The Wizard of Oz, and Hansel and Gretel. What I
particularly liked about the tale was that CORALINE's parents are alive and
remain so from beginning to end. Yeah for living parents!
When first we see CORALINE (not Caroline, as she has to remind folks
quite often) (voiced by Dakota Fanning), she is bored. She lives in an
apartment with her mother and father, both of whom work from home but
can't give her the attention she craves. She tries visiting the old
Vaudevillian ladies who live upstairs as well as the crazy old man who
trains the mice, but she just doesn't understand them. Huh. Then she finds
the key and the door, and the passage beyond that's sometimes there and
sometimes not. The old man says that the mice have a message for her:
don't enter the passage. If only CORALINE had listened.
What CORALINE finds beyond that passageway is what makes this story
interesting. It's what makes all classic fairytales interesting. Temptation,
morality, determination, and heroism, all wrapped up like a spooky burrito
with a side order of eerie dipping sauce.
CORALINE is a dark movie, full of black magic and creepy critters.
Brilliantly directed by Henry Selick (who brought us THE CORPSE BRIDE,
JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, and THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE
CHRISTMAS) and Michael Cachuela, CORALINE is fast paced and
contains just the right amount of spookiness. My 12 year old LOVED this
film, and my 4 year old liked it, too. She did not have any bad dreams, and
she completely understood that it was not real. The animation is unique
and very moody - perfect for this film. The voice talent is all outstanding,
but truly you are more interested in this weird and wonderful story than you
are the voices.
CORALINE is a MUST SEE movie for 2009 and is HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED by my entire family. We had a great time watching it
together. CORALINE might not be typical family movie night fare, but it
worked for us.
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