Coraline could be Burton Classic, instead it's watered-down Burton Light.

Rating: 6/10 (18 September 2018)

Unbalanced movie. Odd behavior of characters, boring musical passages, feeble soundtrack. The story feels too lengthy, narrative is unimpressive. The first two thirds of the movie revolve around one place, while in the last third it suddenly jumps from scene to scene, from place to place, all too rapidly.
On the other hand, the main heroine is quite likeable, the neighbors are just as grotesque as I'd expect from this kind of fairly tale, the antagonist is OK and voice acting is top notch. Dark fantasy stylization and stop-motion animation is pure perfection. Coraline is overall nice, although a bit too conservative. Imagine what Tim Burton could do with this material...