Coraline
Director Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach) comes up with his strangest film yet, based on the twisted book by Neil Gaiman. Coraline (the voice of Dakota Fanning) is dissatisfied with her new home life with mom and dad (voices of Teri Hatcher and John Hodgman) in Oregon. She finds a portal to a parallel world inhabited by her “other” mother and father, where they’re suspiciously nicer, but have buttons for eyes. However, things get ugly when her “other” mother morphs into a creepy spider-creature thingy that wants to keep her prisoner. The stop-motion visuals are constantly engaging, but the movie itself gets a little sleepy in spots (a problem I had with James and the Giant Peach). If you have the opportunity to view it in 3-D, choose that option.
By Bob Grimm
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Credits
Director:
- Henry Selick
Cast:
- Dakota Fanning
- Teri Hatcher
- Jennifer Saunders
- Dawn French
- Keith David
- John Hodgman
- Robert Bailey Jr.
- Ian McShane
Producers:
- Bill Mechanic
- Claire Jennings
- Henry Selick
- Mary Sandell
- Michael Zoumas
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