Coraline (Single-Disc Edition)[Anaglyph 3D]
by Henry Selick
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Actor: Dakota Fanning, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, John Hodgman, Teri HatcherDirector: Henry Selick
Brand: NBC Universal
Producer: Henry Selick
Writer: Henry Selick
Producer: Bill Mechanic
Producer: Claire Jennings
Producer: Harry Linden
Producer: Mary Sandell
Writer: Neil Gaiman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: 3D, AC-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2010-01-03
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Coraline (Single-Disc Edition)[Anaglyph 3D]
Movie Review: a scary animated thriller--and I admit I had to watch it with the lights on !!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Coraline is a fine example of stop-motion animation at its finest; and one side of this DVD even has the feature length film in 3-D! The voiceovers are perfect and the animation is flawless; the story is quite captivating, too. I was fascinated by the plot and it never bored me. The musical score enhances the film, too.
When the film starts, we meet young Coraline Jones (voiced by Dakota Fanning) and her parents who are so busy writing for a gardening catalog that they have no time for Coraline. Coraline's angst is even stronger because they just moved away from their old neighborhood into a dilapidated old building called the "Pink Palace Apartments;" Coraline has no friends here. She does meet Wybie Lovat (Robert Bailey, Jr.), a quirky young boy, although they don't hit it off too well at the very start. There are the downstairs neighbors Miss April Spink (Jennifer Saunders) and Miss Miriam Forcible (Dawn French), two eccentrics who provide light comic relief from the scarier parts of the plot; and there's Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky (Ian McShane), the upstairs neighbor who worked as a circus performer in his younger days. There's also the neighborhood cat who sometimes tags along after Wybie.
Even with these new neighbors, things are pretty dull for Coraline; but things change when one day she discovers a door behind an armoire. Coraline begs her mother to open the door but they discover nothing but a wall of bricks! Coraline's mother brushes it off; but Coraline remains curious. She eventually discovers that the bricks hide a tunnel to another world just like hers--only much better. Her "other parents" are very affectionate and they anticipate Coraline's every whim; they spend time with her and she has lots of fun--there's even a circus act with Miss Spink and Miss Forcible that lets Coraline get in on the act! She's having a ball and she simply returns automatically to her real home after she goes to sleep in her "other" home.
But the third time Coraline goes to her "other" parents and her "other" home, things start to get creepy real fast. Coraline's "other" mother and father want to sew buttons into her eyes and keep her there for good! Coraline also discovers the souls of three children whose lives have been eaten up and destroyed by the "other" mother; now Coraline finally realizes what her "other" parents want from her. Coraline's "other" parents undergo just a slight change of appearance, too.
The plot can go anywhere from here. Coraline eventually gets back to her real home, but I won't tell you much about that so as not to ruin it for you. But what does Coraline do when she discovers that her "other" mother has taken and trapped her real parents? Can Coraline get her real parents back from this incredibly wicked "other" mother? Will the talking cat from the "other" world help Coraline or hinder her? Will Wybie help Coraline--and, if so, how? No spoilers here--watch and find out!
The DVD has an optional running commentary with director Henry Selick and composer Bruno Coulais. In addition, one side of the DVD has a 3-D version of this film.
Coraline impresses me as a very good thriller that has outstanding stop-motion animation. People who enjoy thrillers, animated films, and pictures that use science fiction and fantasy to further the plot would do well to add this DVD to their collections.
Summary of Coraline (Single-Disc Edition)[Anaglyph 3D]
Includes: 3-D Glasses (4 pairs) From the Director of The Nightmare Before Christmas comes a visually stunning stop-motion animated feature - the first to be originally filmed in 3-D! Coraline Jones is bored in her new home until she finds a secret door that leads her into a world that's just like her own...but better! But when this fantastical adventure turns dangerous and her "other" Mother tries to keep her forever, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness and bravery to get home. Critics are hailing Coraline as "A remarkable feat of imagination." (Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times). Directed by: Henry SelickA dark and creepy film about family relationships directed by Henry Selick of Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach fame, Coraline is based on the haunting book Coraline by Neil Gaiman. The first stop-motion feature shot in stereoscopic 3-D, Coraline features big-headed, stick-bodied animated characters with huge eyes and demonic grins set against menacing backgrounds and an undercurrent of spooky music. Coraline is a teenager who has just moved to an old house in the middle of nowhere with her writer parents and she is bored, bored, bored. Her only companions are an annoyingly talkative boy Wybie (short for Why Born), some eccentric neighbors from the theater and circus, and a strange, button-eyed doll with a marked resemblance to Coraline which Wybie found in an old trunk of his grandmother's. When Coraline finds an old door hidden behind an armoire and papered over with wallpaper, she convinces her mother to unlock it, only to find a wall of bricks. When Coraline revisits the door later that night, the bricks magically disappear and she discovers a strange pathway to another world where everything is just what she wishes for. In stark contrast to the real world where Coraline's parents just don't have time for her, her "Other Mother" and "Other Father" in this alternate world are the perfect loving, attentive parents who anticipate her every need and desire. Initially comforted and quite happy in this new world, suspicion that things may not be quite as they seem grows inside Coraline and her disquiet is furthered by the mute "Other Wybie" and a strange-talking cat that seems to move between both worlds. Eventually, Coraline discovers some dark secrets about her "other parents" and the seemingly perfect "other world," but it may be too late for her to escape back to the real world. Teri Hatcher is especially effective in her dual (voice) role as Mom and "Other Mom" and Dakota Fanning also gives a great performance as Coraline. Coraline is a disturbing, intriguing film that both captivates and frightens. (Ages 11 and older) --Tami Horiuchi
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