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FILM DETAILS

Certificate PG

Cast Dakota Fanning Ian McShane Teri Hatcher

Directors

Screenwriters Neil Gaiman

Running Time 100 minutes

Coraline (PG)

Plot
Coraline (Fanning) moves to a new home, where she feels neglected by her stressed-out parents. When she finds a door leading to a happier mirror on her own world, with a loving ‘Other Mother’ (Hatcher), everything seems perfect — but there’s danger lurking..

Verdict
Terrifying and beautiful, believable and fantastical, this is one of the best children’s films in years and Selick’s finest — better even than The Nightmare Before Christmas.


Reviewer: Helen O'Hara

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