Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, an 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she mu... Read allWandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, an 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.Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, an 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.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 8 wins & 46 nominations total
- Coraline Jones
- (voice)
- Mel Jones
- (voice)
- …
- Charlie Jones
- (voice)
- …
- Miss Miriam Forcible
- (voice)
- …
- The Cat
- (voice)
- Sweet Ghost Girl
- (voice)
- Ghost Boy
- (voice)
- Tall Ghost Girl
- (voice)
- Photo Friend
- (voice)
- Photo Friend
- (voice)
- Magic Dragonfly
- (voice)
- (as Emerson Hatcher)
- Mover
- (voice)
- Toy
- (voice)
- (as Christopher Murrie)
- Toy
- (voice)
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- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe character Wybie Lovat is not in Neil Gaiman's novel. He exists so Coraline would not have to talk to herself and so she would have a friend her 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 creditsAt the very end of the credits, the words "For those in the know: jerk wad" appear on the screen. This is a clue that could be used on the Coraline website in order to get an entry in a contest that ran during the movie's US theatrical run.
- Alternate versionsThere are two versions available. Runtimes are: "1 hr 40 min (100 min), 1 hr 45 min (105 min) (extended cut) (USA)."
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews: Coraline (2009)
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.
- treadwaywrites
- Feb 5, 2009
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- Also known as
- Cô Bé Coraline
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Box office
- Budget
- $60,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $82,435,595
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $16,849,640
- Feb 8, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $131,788,071
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1