When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, with caring parents and all her dreams coming true. 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.
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Credits: TheMovieDb.

Film Cast:

• Coraline Jones (voice): Dakota Fanning
• Mel Jones / Other Mother (voice): Teri Hatcher
• Cat (voice): Keith David
• April Spink (voice): Jennifer Saunders
• Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice): Ian McShane
• Miriam Forcible (voice): Dawn French
• Charlie Jones / Other Father (voice): John Hodgman
• Wyborne “Wybie” Lovat (voice): Robert Bailey Jr.
• Sweet Ghost Girl (voice): Aankha Neal
• Tall Ghost Girl (voice): Hannah Kaiser
• Ghost Boy (voice): George Selick
• Photo Friend (voice): Harry Selick
• Photo Friend (voice): Marina Budovsky
• Magic Dragonfly (voice): Emerson Tenney
• Mover (voice): Jerome Ranft
• Toy (voice): Christopher Murrie
• Toy (voice): Jeremy Ryder
• Wybie’s Grandmother (voice): Carolyn Crawford
• Shakespeare Rascal (voice): Yona Prost
• Other Father (singing voice) (uncredited): John Linnell

Film Crew:

• Editor: Ronald Sanders
• Additional Music: Ed Shearmur
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Tom Johnson
• Conductor: Laurent Petitgirard
• Book: Neil Gaiman
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Randy Thom
• Director of Photography: Pete Kozachik
• Producer: Harry Linden
• Music: Bruno Coulais
• Lighting Camera: Frank Passingham
• Art Direction: Dawn Swiderski
• Producer: Henry Selick
• Additional Music: Deborah Lurie
• Executive In Charge Of Production: Andrew Rona
• Animation: Eric Leighton
• Producer: Bill Mechanic
• Sound Recordist: Ronald G. Roumas
• Sound Mix Technician: Tony Sereno
• Lighting Camera: Paul Gentry
• Storyboard: Chris Butler
• Conductor: Rick Wentworth
• Animation Supervisor: Anthony Scott
• Animation: Brad Schiff
• Animation: Ken Lidster
• Animation: Guionne Leroy
• Executive Producer: Alex Heineman
• Casting: Linda Lamontagne
• Editor: Christopher Murrie
• Musician: Bruce White
• Visual Effects Producer: Laura Schultz
• Animation: Travis Knight
• Musician: George Doering
• Producer: Claire Jennings
• Lighting Camera: Peter Sorg
• Storyboard: Graham Annable
• Musician: Hélène Breschand
• Producer: Mary Sandell
• Musician: Maria Newman
• Visual Effects: Kent Burton
• Foley: Dan O’Connell
• First Assistant Editor: Margaret Lily Andres
• Sculptor: Scott Foster
• Animation: Justin Kohn
• Foley: John T. Cucci
• Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Colette D. Dahanne
• Supervising Sound Editor: Ronald Eng
• Scoring Mixer: Dennis S. Sands
• First Assistant Editor: Anthony Pitone
• Digital Intermediate: Everette Webber
• Post Production Supervisor: Jeannine Berger
• Animation: Phil Dale
• Animation: Brian Demoskoff
• Animation: Anthony Elworthy
• Animation: Malcolm Lamont
• Animation: Trey Thomas
• Animation: Chris Tichborne
• Animation: Chris Tootell
• Modeling: Huy Vu
• Storyboard: Mike Cachuela
• Animation: Martin Meunier
• Animation: Rich Zim
• Animation: Payton Curtis
• Animation Manager: Adam Fisher
• Art Department Manager: Shane Prigmore
• Animation: Gabe Sprenger
• Animation: Ian Whitlock
• Executive Producer: Michael Zoumas
• Art Direction: Phil Brotherton
• Art Direction: Lee Bo Henry
• Art Direction: Tom Proost
• Animation: Amy Adamy
• Animation: Philip Beglan
• Animation: Rob Bekuhrs
• Animation: Kim Blanchette
• Animation: Billy Cabey
• Animation: Julianna Cox
• Animation: Sarah de Gaudemar
• Art Department Manager: Jennifer Downs
• Animation: Teresa Drilling
• Technical Supervisor: Robert Ducey
• Animation: Tom Gasek
• Animation: Kevin Glick
• Animation: Michelle Gorski
• Animation: Misha Klein
• Art Department Manager: Dan Krall
• Animation: Rachel Larsen
• Animation: Jan-Erik Maas
• Animation: Brian Menz
• Animation: Jeffery Mulcaster
• Animation: Bartek Prusiewicz
• Animation: Jeff Riley
• Layout: David J. Rowe
• Animation: Andrew Salter
• Art Department Manager: Andy Schuhler
• Technical Supervisor: Gregory Smith
• Art Department Manager: Shannon Tindle
• Animation: Suzanne Twining
• Production Office Assistant: Tim Yates
• Animation: John Allan Armstrong
• Art Department Manager: Chris Appelhans
• Storyboard: Vera Brosgol
• Sculptor: Damon Bard
• Other: Tom Knott
• Visual Effects: Eric Wachtman
• Executive In Charge Of Post Production: Ben Urquhart
• Continuity: Yona Prost
• Gaffer: Nils Benson
• First Assistant Sound Editor: Dana LeBlanc Frankley
• Sculptor: Kent Melton
• Color Timer: Terry Claborn
• Additional Music: T.J. Lindgren
• Sculptor: Tony Merrithew
• Painter: Alicia McDaid
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Jason Brewer
• Lighting Camera: John Ashlee Prat
• 2D Supervisor: Steve Emerson
• VFX Supervisor: Brian Van’t Hul
• Second Assistant Director: Matthew Fried
• Third Assistant Director: Jocelyn Pascall
• Musician: Mark Berrow
• Musician: Tom Boyd
• Musician: James Thatcher
• Musician: M.B. Gordy
• CG Supervisor: John R.A. Benson
• Musician: Steve Mair
• Production Illustrator: Jon Klassen
• Musician: Peter Davies
• Additional Music: Clay Duncan
• Set Dresser: Bridget Phelan
• Set Dresser: Katy Clarke
• Production Manager: Ezra Sumner
• Gaffer: James WilderHancock
• Gaffer: Ted Jackson
• Scenic Artist: Kathleen Chamberlin
• Musician: Rachel Bolt
• Musician: Steve Schaeffer
• Musician: Nicholas Bucknall
• Musician: Andrew Findon
• Musician: Anna Noakes
• Musician: Paul Archibald
• Musician: Jonathan Williams
• Musician: Paul Kegg
• Musician: Skaila Kanga
• Musician: Gary Kettel
• Musician: Andrew Wood
• Finance: Glen Gagnon
• Musician: Mike Lovett
• Thanks: Alvaro E. Cubillas
• Thanks: Lourri Hammack
• Thanks: Phil Knight
• Thanks: Leonard Lipton
• Casting: Cathy Kalmenson
• Administration: Christopher Bradach
• Administration: Patrick Bradach
• Administration: Scarlet Chamberlin
• Administration: Joseph Ferguson
• Administration: Richard Guinan
• Administration: Leif Jenssen
• Administration: Brandon Lastomirsky
• Administration: Rebecca Leiv
• Administration: Rob Partenheimer
• Administration: Kathy Radcliffe
• Administration: Diana Sattley
• Administration: Jeff Stringer
• Administration: Jennie Terranova
• Art Department Assistant: Anne Adams
• Art Department Assistant: Ami Goff
• Legal Services: Bradley Buchanan
• Character Designer: Stephanie Choi
• Additional Music: Bradley Miles
• Compositors: Nicholas Childs
• Conductor: Alain Joutard
• Costume Design: Margaret Meyer
• Draughtsman: Miguel Sandoval
• Finance: Deborah Albright
• Finance: Erin Baldwin
• Finance: Yin-Yee ‘Grace’ Chung
• Finance: Paula Garner
• Finance: Michaele Smith
• Finance: Donna Tarabella
• Finance: Madeline Wigen
• Finance: Cinnamon Williams
• Gaffer: Chris Steele
• Production Illustrator: Chris Turnham
• Set Designer: Robb Kramer
• Music Score Producer: Bruno Letort
• Musician: Roger Argente
• Musician: Gloria Cheng
• Musician: Marie-Laura Colombia
• Musician: Mayless David
• Musician: Marianne De Benedetto
• Musician: Christophe Grindel
• Musician: Dave Hartley
• Musician: Camille Joutard
• Musician: Bernard Paganotti
• Musician: Andy Pask
• Musician: Mathilde Pellegrini
• Musician: Coraline Tassy
• Musician: Lucie Thevenet
• Musician: Mélissa Zerbib
• Music Editor: Aymeric Letoquart
• Production Accountant: Joan Lucas-Turgeon
• Scenic Artist: Tony Travis
• Scenic Artist: Loren Hillman-Morgan
• Second Assistant Director: Daniel Pascall
• Second Assistant Director: Dielle Alexandre
• Systems Administrators & Support: Richard Hamell
• Third Assistant Director: Jodi Clark
• Art Department Coordinator: Jennifer Mickelson
• Art Department Coordinator: Sarah Serata
• Assistant Art Director: Morgan Hay
• Assistant Set Dresser: Katy Moore-Kozachik
• Lead Painter: Linda Overbey
• Lead Painter: Cynthia Star
• Painter: Angela De Cristofaro
• Painter: Dwayne Erickson
• Painter: Aaron Jarrett
• Painter: Matvey Rezanov
• Painter: Jose Solis
• Sculptor: Leo Rijn
• Set Designer: Jason Lajka
• Set Designer: William Sturrock
• Set Dresser: Lorna Cashmore
• Set Dresser: Robert DeSue
• Set Dresser: Don Lundell
• Set Dresser: Kieron Thomas
• Set Dresser: Sarah Wells
• Costume Consultant: Shere Coleman
• Costume Consultant: Michelle Scattergood
• Compositors: Steve Molin
• Compositors: Joe Reese
• Compositors: Trish Van’t Hul
• Lighting Camera: Chris Peterson
• Lighting Camera: Mark Stewart
• Scenic Artist: Yvonne Kowsun
• Software Engineer: Richard Pickler
• Software Engineer: David Schmitz
• Visual Effects Editor: Sheila McIntosh
• First Assistant Director: Melissa St. Onge
• Assistant Editor: Ingrid Schulz
• Associate Editor: Cam Williams
• Gaffer: Daniel Ackerman
• Gaffer: Matthew Hazelrig
• Production Coordinator: Theresa Braunstein
• Publicist: Maggie Begley
• Publicist: Karen Fried
• Modeling: Tony Candelaria
• Modeling: Paul Mack
• Modeling: Rebecca Stillman
• Modeling: David Waddle
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Michelle Vincig

Movie Reviews:

• talisencrw: 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 adolescence that their parents and their world aren’t exactly as they seem, and that through their trials and tribulations (the ‘rites of passage’, if you will) they’ll reach the ‘happy medium’ they need to in order to find true happiness in their lifetimes.

  I definitely hope that all of Gaiman’s books and graphic novels are made into movies (I most anticipate the ‘Miracleman’ graphic novels–both those by him and Alan Moore). Ones so well-written would truly be ‘comic book movies’ worth watching for me.

• ZeBlah: Quite dark, but entertaining and very well done. One of the few american animated movies I liked.
• Kamurai: Fantastic watch, will watch again, and do recommend.

  I really wish more movies would follow this simple and great movie structure. Instead of a typical 3-act structure (not that it isn’t technically there), the story is much closer to that of a video game.

  You have a standard introductory act, but the rest of the movie is split into video game-esque “levels” that develop and unlock as Coraline makes new discoveries and completes different sections of the “map” / house.

  There is a lot of messaging here as well, mostly concerning relationships between children and parents and how to navigate those in regard to real life events, but everything is “do not tell” levels of subtle so it’s not in your face at all.

  The Beldam itself is a magnificent creation of a “thing that bumps in the night” style of monster. While there is a lot left unexplained, there is plenty that is exampled about the Beldam and her world.

  The movie also reminds me a lot of “The Wizard of Oz” in a few different ways so its good that there are family friendly movies of this quality that make vague callbacks to classic movies.