GREAT movie - but could've been more scary!

Rating: 6/10 (31 October 2009)

It's Halloween evening and we've done loads of spooky activities which include watching the new movie "Coraline". Now, if you expect this to be like "Nightmare Before Christmas" then you will be disappointed. It takes at least 40(+) minutes for the plot to darken and have capability to scare. The thing to do is to just bear with it and patiently give the film time to hot itself up because it's quite spooky when it does. Even when it isn't scary, it's good fun to watch. At the same time, though, it's not too scary for children of at least 8.
Coraline is not the gentle, innocent girl you may expect - she's extremely fiery and with spirit.
It's a great film - nice to see it done traditionally with puppets - but not for you if you want to be scared out of your wits. Definitely worth a try though.