CORALINE REVIEW
Directed : Henry Selick
Producer : Henry Selick & Claire
Jennings
Based on : Coraline by
Neil Gaiman
Released : February 5, 2009
Duration : 100 minutes
Actor : Dakota Fanning (Coraline)
Teri
Hatcher
(Mother)
John
Hodgman
(Father)
Wybie
(Robert Bailey Jr.)
Mr. Bobinsky (Ian McShane)
Miss Spink
Jennifer Saunders
Miss Forcible
Dawn French
Genre : Fantasy and horror
Coraline is a 2009 American stop-motion
3D horror/fantasy
film based on Neil Gaiman's 2002 novel of the
same name. It was produced by Laika
and distributed by Focus Features. Written and directed by Henry
Selick, it was released widely in United States theaters on February 6,
2009, after a world premiere at the Portland International Film
Festival. The film was made with Gaiman's approval and cooperation.
Coraline
a young girl who moves to a new home with her mother and father, where she
feels neglected by her stressed-out parents. In new home Coraline meeting
and sort of making friends with a pesky kid named Wybie. Coraline being an inquisitive child, walks through a secret door in her new home and
discovers an alternate version of her life. On the surface, this parallel
reality is eerily similar to her real life--only much better. But when this
wondrously off-kilter, fantastical adventure turns dangerous, and her
counterfeit other mother and other father who have black buttons for eyes tries to keep her forever. They want Coraline to
stay with them in their world. Coraline must count
on her stubborn determination, bravery, the aid of her neighbors and a talking
black cat to save her real parents and some ghost children and to get back
home.
Terrifying
and beautiful, believable, fantastical and creativity
this is one of the best children’s films. Wonderful voice acting, beautiful design, well paced, and
every minute was thouroughly enjoyable and hauntingly imaginative. A
little warning though to kids under six because there are many scenes and
images in “Coraline” that are likely to scare children. This is rather a
recommendation, since the cultivation of fright can be one of the great
pleasures of youthful movie going. Our heroine is certainly the sort of role
model that any kid could wish for. The story learn a
lesson to more loving with our family. One of favorite animations.
What is unusual about this
story, both book and film, is the moral darkness of the universe which Coraline
inhabits. The moral of the film can best be summarized as “Be careful of what
you wish for” or, as Coraline in the book says, “What kind of fun would it be
if I just got whatever I wanted?”. That is because one of the reasons we tell
and read and watch stories is because they give us a way to understand and
conquer our fears.
by : SALMA DURROH
SALSABILATI (XII IPA 4)
