Imaginative creepy

Rating: 8/10 (27 January 2014)

Coraline is a blue haired girl who moves into an old house with her parents. Her parents are busy writing and can't be bothered by her. She's restless and bored. She finds a mysterious tiny door. When she opens it, she finds the opening bricked up. Following some mice in the night, she finds the door mysteriously opened onto a portal to a copy of the world except better. She finds her parents are more attentive with buttons instead of eyes. She finds the world full of color and magic and everything is what she hoped for in the real world.
If there is one problem in this movie, it's that Coraline is a bit of brat especially with her parents. She doesn't treat the neighbor boy Wybie that well either. However the Other world is just so infinitely fascinating and at the same time creepy. I can really buy that she would be seduced by the Other and at the same time be leery of it. Writer/director Henry Selick have done great works before. This one stands out with its colorful yet foreboding tone.