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Coraline (2009)

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Release Date: February 6, 2009
On DVD: July 21, 2009
Genre: Sci-Fi, Family
Director: Henry Selick
Writer: Henry Selick
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Ian McShane
Studio: Focus Features
Official site: coraline.com
Running Time: 100 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG for thematic elements, scary images, some language and suggestive humor.

From Henry Selick, visionary director of "The Nightmare Before Christmas," and based on Neil Gaiman's international best-selling book, comes a spectacular stop-motion animated adventure – the first to be originally filmed in 3D!

Coraline Jones (Dakota Fanning) is bored in her new home until she finds a secret door and discovers an alternate version of her life on the other side. On the surface, this parallel reality is eerily similar to her real life and the...

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Review by Dakota Grabowski (B+)

Terrifying, grotesque, and downright creepy is what someone might call Coraline without ever seeing the film. But the truth of the matter, Coraline is a children's film at heart with a gratifying story to tell. Beautiful from start to finish, it's the year's first must-see film that is brought to you by the brilliant minds of Henry Selick and Neil Gaiman.

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