Coraline (2D Version Only) [DVD] [2009]

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When a little girl moves to a strange new home, boredom sets in rather quickly as her inattentive and overworked parents are too busy to notice her unhappiness. From the visionary director of The Nightmare Before Christmas, and based on Neil Gaiman’s best-selling book, comes this spectacular stop-motion animated adventure! The story clearly has echoes of classic children’s’ fiction, with Lewis Caroll, Roald Dahl, and the Brothers Grimm all top of the list.

I can see why some sensative children would be freaked by it a little but generally this is an excellent film, the only reason i didnt give it a full 5 stars is that its not for all youngsters. That all said this is a clever movie, it has a fantastic music score, brilliant animation and a captivating story line. Neil Gaiman adapts his own fantasy novel for this stop-motion animated adventure from the director of "The Nightmare Before Christmas".As her parents work feverishly on a new gardening catalog, the bored and belligerent Coraline is admonished to explore her new world's possibilities. If you like Tim Burton / creepy animation / a wildly inventive story line then this is the product for you. French and Saunders clearly relish their roles and this surely has to be the best thing that Teri Hatcher has ever done. Entertainment Magpie Limited t/a Music Magpie is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority FRN 775278.

Things aren't always what they seem as this world that appears perfect suddenly takes an ominous turn for the worse. Deciding it's just as dull as she thought, she turns her attentions to her own house, where, after following a button-eyed mouse, she stumbles upon a hidden door. To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. When the Other Mother invites Coraline to stay in her world forever, the girl refuses and finds that the alternate reality where she is trapped is only a trick to lure her.If truth be told, the moral and themes are actually quite traditional and safe – that the grass isn’t always greener, that your Mum and Dad really love you, and as the tag line goes, ‘be careful what you wish for’. Along the way she meets her fellow tenants, including two aging English showgirls and a mouse-training Russian acrobat, as well as an outcast neighbourhood boy named Wybie. All is not cakes and carnivals for Coraline, though, and the black buttons that have replaced the eyes of these otherworldly imitations hint at darker intentions.