Metacritic Movie Ratings
Coraline Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 100

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  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.

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• 100

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  A remarkable feat of imagination, a magical tale with a genuinely sinister edge.

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• 90

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  Coraline lingers in an atmosphere that is creepy, wonderfully strange and full of feeling.

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• 90

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

  This is a marvelous family story, tapping into all sorts of childhood dreams and nightmares involving Mommy, monsters and heroic youngsters. Selick's imaginative sets and puppets are in perfect pitch with Gaiman's fantasy.

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• 80

  out of 100

  VarietyJustin Chang

  This eccentric and deliriously inventive fantasy finds stop-motion auteur Henry Selick scaling new heights of ghoulish whimsy, buoyed by a haunting score that works its own macabre magic.

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• 75

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  This is a gloomy film with weird characters doing nasty things. I've heard of eating chocolate-covered insects, but not when they're alive.

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• 63

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Coraline is a plucky heroine, and director Selig's imagination is indisputable. But the story falters in parts, and its dark tone could be off-putting for children.

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