The DVD comes with two pairs of 3D glasses in case you want to watch it that way. Cute idea, but I can't stand 3D so we went with flat. I really wish now that I had somehow known I was going to get a blu-ray because I bet this movie would look a-maz-ing. The colors are so saturated that the animation is like a constantly shifting jewel. Christy is of the opinion that it is thematically too creepy to be entertaining and especially shouldn't be considered a kid's movie but I disagree. It shouldn't be a young kid's movie but over the age of 9 is probably okay.
Coraline Jones (Dakota Fanning) and her mom (Teri Hatcher) and dad (John Hodgman) have just moved into a new place. Bored by the rain, her dad sets her to counting all the doors and windows in their new place. During which time she finds a tiny door set into the wallpaper. During the day the door opens onto a brick wall but at night, there is a tunnel leading her to a mirror world where her Other parents dote on her, the weird neighbors are actually awesome, and everyone can pronounce her name correctly. But soon she starts to realize that not everything is as it seems.
This was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Film in 2009 (lost to Up) and it won the AFI Film of the Year.
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