REVIEW FILM CORALINE

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)