Coraline (PG)
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Ian McShane, Teri Hatcher, Keith David, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn FrenchGenre: Family
Author(s): Henry Selick
Director: Henry Selick
Release Date: 08/05/2009; 15/08/2024 (selected cinemas)
Running Time: 100mins
Country: US
Year: 2009
Coraline Jones moves into the Pink Palace Apartments with her writer mother Mel and father Charlie. The girl explores her creaky, new home and meets the neighbours: downstairs, she is enthralled by fading British musical hall divas Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, while upstairs, eight-feet tall Russian giant Mr Bobinsky cracks a whip over his circus of jumping mice. One night, Coraline uncovers a secret door leading from the living room to a parallel reality called Other World where her Other Mother and Other Father provide her with all of the love, support and attention she craves. The plucky heroine feels like she has stumbled into a living dream but all is not what it seems.
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Coraline (PG) Film Review from LondonNet
Adapted from Neil Gaiman’s best-selling novel by writer-director Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas), this colourful, yet thematically dark, fairy-tale has echoes of The Wizard Of Oz and Alice In Wonderland as an 11-year-old girl confronts the evil that threatens her fractured family. Many cinemas will be screening the film in 2D, but it’s well worth making the effort to catch Selick’s imaginative creation as he intended. The eye-popping effects are used sparingly, but there are some neat flourishes like tunnels appearing to suck us in as it stretches back into the distance, or a giant needle poking out of the screen, causing us to duck for cover. Fans of the director’s work will appreciate the odd in-joke like the yolk of a cracked egg taking on the appearance of Jack Skellington’s face from The Nightmare Before Christmas…
The story revolves around young Coraline Jones (voiced by Dakota Fanning), who moves into the Pink Palace Apartments with her writer mother Mel (Teri Hatcher) and father Charlie (John Hodgman). The apartment seems cold and the only child in the vicinity is a curious boy called Wybie Lovat (Robert Bailey Jr), who trundles around on a self-constructed, electric bicycle. To stave off boredom, Coraline explores her creaky, new home and meets the neighbours. Downstairs, she is enthralled by fading British musical hall divas Miss Spink (Jennifer Saunders) and Miss Forcible (Dawn French), while upstairs, eight-feet tall Russian giant Mr Bobinsky (Ian McShane) cracks a whip over his circus of jumping mice.
One night, Coraline uncovers a secret door leading from the living room to a parallel reality called Other World, where her Other Mother and Other Father provide her with all of the love, support and attention she craves. The plucky heroine feels like she has stumbled into a living dream and considers staying in Other World for good. “You think this other world is a dream come true but you’re wrong,” warns the black cat (Keith David), who knows that there are myriad dangers in this fantastical realm, which Coraline would do well to avoid.
Coraline falls some way short of the genius of The Nightmare Before Christmas, but is still a hugely enjoyable escapade, enlivened by energetic vocal performances and Selick’s directorial brio. A fantasy musical hall sequence is particularly impressive with hundreds of Scottie dogs running amok as Spink and Forcible fly through the air on trapeze. It’s easy to forget that the gorgeous visuals are the result of seven year’s of pain-staking handiwork, rather than digital trickery. Fanning captures the vulnerability and sadness of her heroine, complimented by energetic vocals from the supporting cast including three markedly different roles for Hatcher. The plot is wafer thin – there are noticeable longueurs – but those gorgeous visuals ensure there is always something to catch the eye.
– Jo Planter
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