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CommentsDirector: Henry Selick.
Screenplay: By Henry Selick, based on the Award-Winning Neil Gaiman’s 2002 book, a children’s horror novel.
Voices: Dakota Fanning (Coraline Jones), Teri Hatcher (Coraline’s Mother and the evil other mother), Dawn French (Miss Forcible), Jennifer Saunders (Miss Spink) Ian McShane (Russian circus Gymnast, Mr. Bobinsky).
Length: 1 hour, 41 minutes.
Language: English
Rating: PG
Digital 3-D animation is heating up. The much touted movie “Coraline” was finally released on 6th of February 2009. The movie which is written as well as directed by a very popular name amongst children i.e. Henry Selick is actually based on an award-winning book “Stardust, MirrorMask” by Neil Gaiman’s (Author of the very popular comic series “SANDMAN”). Selick and Gaiman have used the 3-D effects in an apt manner and have not let the audience clobber over the head with the 3-D effects. So the end product is really worth seeing. Overall an entertaining animated movie and is very different from the other fantasy animated films that generally don’t amuse adults. So it can be watched with the entire family members. Overall, quite a spectacle animated movie by Henry Selick.
In the beginning of the film, the eleven year old protagonist Caroline (Voiced Superbly by Dakota Fanning) saunters around her new home, an isolated country manse in a lonely forest. She has been neglected by both her father and mother and has been forced into all this worst of tortures by them. Her parents have done this to her so that they can continue the work of writing their book with out any hassles from their child. Caroline, who has been completely neglected by her parents, finally finds enjoyment in the characters that are present in that old country manse situated in that lonely forest.
Coraline, who has been neglected by her parents, explores the country manse and finds a mysterious door that leads to an alternative universe, where Coraline finds her alternative parents living in amore caring and loving environment. These alternative parents seem to love Coraline more than her real parents, until…. (Watch the movie and find out what happens next).
Mr. Bobinsky (Voiced by Ian McShane) who trains the mice in the attic of the house is a wild circus acrobat and a strong man who offers some great entertainment in this movie. Towards the end of second act, Miss Spink and Miss Forcible (Voiced by Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French respectively) have a great musical number. Some of the better moments of Coraline in this movie are with the Cat (Voiced By Keith David), whom Caroline can talk with in the other world.
The subtitle of the movie that says “Be careful what you wish for” has been illustrated impeccably and with a great ease by Henry Selick. Inevitably, the plot is unimportant. It’s the animation with its beautifully rendered backdrops that draws us into the lives of these imaginative characters. When viewed through the polarized spectacles, some of the effects are spine-tangling.
Overall a good animated flick designed to entertain children in a horrifying way.
A top-of-the-line animated fix is guaranteed.
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