Coraline (DVD)

Film Only ~~~~~~ Coraline is a film based on a children's horror story written by Neil Gaiman who is also responsible for his fanciful book of prose, Stardust. His novella, Coraline is a mixture of dark morbidity and delicate whimsy. These 'qualities' have been reproduced in an stupified and brilliant 3D animation. The work of director Henry Selick has a lot in common with Lewis Carroll and the man who wrote such stories as In the Knight's Kitchen and Where the Wild things Are, Maurice Sandak. The world they live in is a universe where everything looks normal but with a heightened realism giving it a scary surrealism. In Coraline you are transported into ...  Read the complete review

Coraline Jones is bored out of her mind. Her parents don't have time for her and she has left her friends behind to move into a dilapidated Victorian house in the middle of nowhere. Feeling lonely and unloved why wouldn't she follow the mice through the little door into a strange world? However, all is not as it seems as Coraline slowly realizes her other mother might just want to love her a little too much, and why does everyone here have buttons were they should have eyes? I absolutely love "Coraline". It is a brilliantly eccentric piece of film making that sits the just the right side of creepy. Forget the fact this is a kids movie. This is ...  Read the complete review

"Coraline Jones always dreamed of finding a better world... but never did she imagine that she would discover it in her own home"... Frequently, modern-day animated films can be a bit lifeless, utilising the same smooth textures and ultimately lacking a certain spark - but this certainly isn't the case with the Henry Selick directed 'Coraline'. Coraline is a visually impressive and occasionally frightening tale featuring dark and unnerving themes in its portrayal of the Neil Gaimen novella of the same name. On its release, Coraline was available as a 3D cinematic experience, but this review focuses on the regular DVD version. Voiced by ...  Read the complete review

On first appearance you may think that this is just another childrens animated film, and dismiss it in favour of some of the bigger budget CGI films like Pixar's 'UP' or Dreamworks 'Shrek' franchise. However, I really would urge you to give this film a try. It may be a tad dark and scary for the very young, but the over 5's and adults a like will love it - I know I did! Directed by the man behind 'A nightmare before Christmas' (Henry Selick), this is another stop motion animation with dark undertones and beautiful character and set designs (Selick is up there with Nick Park when it comes to this style of animation in my opinion - if not ...  Read the complete review

== Coraline == Details: _Directed By_ Henry Selick _Release Date_8 May 2009 _Certification_ PG _Runtime_ 96 minutes _Starring_ Dakota Fanning Teri Hatcher Jennifer Saunders Dawn French Keith David John Hodgman Robert Bailey Jnr == Introduction == When this film was advertised on TV, the words my 13 year old brother used were "that looks rubbish", myself, I thought it looked quite good. I usually love animated films, and I loved the Nightmare Before Christmas, which was also directed by Henry Selick (not Tim Burton as is very much mistaken, who actually was a producer to the ...  Read the complete review