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Rating: 5/10 (5 February 2012)

I read the book, well listened to the author read the book (awesome reader by the way but preferred him reading The Graveyard Book), and enjoyed it. The movie takes a few unnecessary liberties, such as the creation of Whyborn, but there all tolerable. What I did not like about the movie was Coraline, I hated Dakota Fanning whose voice I found extremely annoying and it took me till the end of the movie to get over. I also fault Dakota Fanning for making Coraline unlikable character with her guttural sighs and screams, which I found to be obnoxious. It is worth watching as it is visually interesting but parts of the movie I felt were a bit too campy for my taste and did I mention how much I did not like Coraline's character?