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05/02/2009 Animation, Family, Fantasy 1h 40m
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Be careful what you wish for.

Overview

Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.

  1. Henry Selick

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Dakota Fanning

    Coraline Jones (voice)

  2. Teri Hatcher

    Mel Jones / Other Mother (voice)

  3. Jennifer Saunders

    Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)

  4. Dawn French

    Miss Miriam Forcible / Other Forcible (voice)

  5. Keith David

    The Cat (voice)

  6. John Hodgman

    Charlie Jones / Other Father (voice)

  7. Robert Bailey Jr.

    Wyborne 'Wybie' Lovat (voice)

  8. Ian McShane

    Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)

  9. Aankha Neal

    Sweet Ghost Girl (voice)

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Reviews

A review by talisencrw
Written by talisencrw on 2016-05-03
Neil Gaiman is so contemporarily vital, both in literature and cinema, because he more than anyone else (with the possible exception of Terry Gilliam) notes that children and adults alike are fascinated with what lies outside our observable and tangible realms of existence. He realized the reasons storytelling have been significantly important since the dawn of mankind, and devised, as the Brothers Grimm did, that fairy tales and children's stories had to be haunting and entertaining to be both memorable and timeless. This is a great film depicting the growing sense as a child approaches adole...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$60,000,000.00

Revenue
$185,860,104.00

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