A story told best this way

Rating: 9/10 (6 January 2013)

Neil Gaiman is the Tim Burton of literature. While Tim Burton is making movies like "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "Corpse Bride", Neil Gaiman is write novels such as "Coraline" and "The Graveyard Book". This is not a better person to bring this story to life than Tim Burton collaborator, Henry Selick. Coraline Jones is a young girl who feels neglected by her parents and doesn't want much to do with her neighbors Miss Spink, Miss Forcible, Mr. Bobinsky, and her new friend Wybie. While exploring her new house, she escapes to a strangely sinister, yet perfect world. She finds better parents, better food, and a better home. The only strange thing is: everyone has buttons for eyes. The more she spends time there, the more she realizes that it is not what she wanted. In this spooky tale, you will find great lessons of thankfulness and appreciation. However, it is not a movie you will want to be showing to sensitive or easily frightened children, as it is creepy and filled with abnormal images. I have read Neil Gaiman's original novel and, because it is such a visual and imaginative story, I think that it works better on screen. The stop-motion animation captures it better than another other form of storyteller could and it looks absolutely stunning.