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Los Angeles Times
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"The first contemporary film in which the 3-D experience feels intrinsic to the story instead of a Godforsaken gimmick, 'Coraline' is a remarkable feat of imagination, a magical tale with a genuinely sinister edge." |
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United Kingdom |
Empire
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"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. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)" |
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United States |
Miami Herald
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"Gentle and funny and whimsical, and even in its darkest moments, Selick never forgets who his target audience is. Still, some young children might have a nightmare or two after seeing it." |
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United States |
USA Today
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"It's gorgeous to watch in all its dazzling stop-motion animation splendor, but the wizardry of Coraline is more to be admired than enthusiastically embraced. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)" |
NEU
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United States |
New York Daily News
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"'Coraline' is absolutely worth seeing, for older children and adults alike" |
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United States |
Austin Chronicle
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"Stays remarkably true to a kid's-eye perspective and dormant fears." |
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United States |
Variety
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"This eccentric and deliriously inventive fantasy finds stop-motion auteur Henry Selick scaling new heights of ghoulish whimsy" |
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United States |
Baltimore Sun
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"The combination of 3-D photography and puppet-animation - centered on actual figures designed by hand and manipulated frame by frame - creates a world that's dense, active and fluid: a sensory Jacuzzi." |
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United States |
Rolling Stone
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"It's not just the 3-D glasses that add an extra dimension to the horror and hilarity of Coraline. (...) Selick and Gaiman will take you — and Coraline — for a certified wild ride (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" |
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United States |
The New York Times
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"It is certainly exciting, but rather than race through ever noisier set pieces toward a hectic climax (...) 'Coraline' lingers in an atmosphere that is creepy, wonderfully strange and full of feeling." |
POS
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"This thrilling stop-motion animated adventure is a high point in Selick's career of creating handcrafted wonderlands of beauty blended with deep, disconcerting creepiness." |
POS
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United States |
rogerebert.com
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"Lots of movies are good at severing limbs, but few at telling tales that can grab us down inside where it's dark and scary (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" |
POS
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United States |
Common Sense Media
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"Considering how formulaic so many family movies are, 'Coraline' is a refreshing and inventive film" |
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United Kingdom |
The Guardian
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"Some scary fun (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" |
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