Disturbingly Scary

Rating: 5/10 (24 April 2012)

this film appears to be a sweet, innocent children's film that is suitable for all young audiences, when in fact it is dark and disturbing, and frankly, if a young child went to see this film, they would definitely have nightmares to say the least! the ideas are twisted and spooky- for example, the sewing of buttons in place of eyes, sewing a childs lips together to 'keep him quiet', plus a visually frightening set of characters- both the 'other mother' and the 'other father' become weirdly distorted as the storyline collapses towards the end. throughout the film, there is a foreboding theme of feeling trapped- as Coraline becomes imprisoned in the 'other world', and is locked into a doorless room with ghost versions of the other mother's previous victims. this will no doubt unnerve the audience. these are just a few examples of many disturbing scenes from the film- there are plenty more! in short, this is still a reasonably good movie, but however the rating should be at least a 12.