Excellent Stop-Action Animation for all ages!

Rating: 8/10 (20 June 2010)

The film begins with Coraline Jones the voice of Dakota Fanning, an adventurous city girl that relocates to a dreary old house in the country. The old country house is divided into three apartments occupied by intriguing neighbors that once were performers. In the mist of Coraline's boredom she stumbles upon a mysterious door at the bottom of her living room wall. The Theme of Coraline is an example of the phrase the grass is not always greener on the other side (envy or desire) and strength. Coraline believes that her parents are neglectful and inattentive to her needs, but her parents just moved and have pressing deadlines in order to get paid. Coraline will soon have to leave her alternate world in order to save her family and reunite with her parents. Coraline manages to find the key that unlocks an alternate world; in this world she is introduced to a loving "Other Mother," an amusing "Other Father," and a silent version of her new friend Wybie. All of the characters from the alternate world are also the voices in her reality; Mel Jones, Coraline's mother is the voice of Teri Hatcher; Charlie Jones, Coraline's father is the voice of John Hodgman; Wyborne "Wybie" Lovat is the voice of Robert Bailey Jr. Coraline soon realizes that the goal of the Other Mother is to keep her forever. Coraline's alternate world temporarily fulfills all of her wants, but she is unable to create a connection. Coraline will then learn that she would prefer her dreary boring life over never seeing her parents again, and acquiring buttons for eyes.