From Henry Selick, the director of The Nightmare Before Christmas, which is a verified masterpiece, comes Coraline, another very good (stop-)animated feature centered around a little girl.
Coraline just moved into a new home with her busy parents, who seem to have very little time to spend with her. Her curiosity will bring her to make eccentric new friends and discover a parallel world in which things look different and strangely inviting. Is what she sees too good to be true?
The stop-animation technique, quite rarely used and radically different from the digital animation style that now dominates the marketplace, succeeds in creating a beautifully engrossing environment in which our very relatable heroine lives rich and dangerous adventures.
A very good movie for the whole family as adults will surely not be bored by a script that is equal parts smart and original.
Grade: 8
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