Coraline seems to have grown into an allegory that it was never meant to be. I honestly can’t think of a better analogy for our current algorithm-driven existence that promises to give us just what we want

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 10, 2024

Compelling, beautiful, dark, funny, horrifying, and everything in between, Coraline should be recognised for what it is: one of animated cinema’s greatest offerings.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 24, 2024

This film is truly one of the best features ever to incorporate 3D, as it works not only on a visual level (it looks fantastic) but also on a narrative and thematic one.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 21, 2024

Coraline gets children's horror just right.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 19, 2024

You don’t need a bank of computers to create alluring animation, just a willingness to indulge the imagination. Something this ingratiating bit of puppet love does in spades.

| Original Score: B+ | Aug 16, 2024

With Coraline returning to theaters, I'd like to make the case for a whole new generation of kids being taken to experience its traumatic delights.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 16, 2024

I won’t go as far as to say Coraline doesn’t deserve the praise it gets to this day. I just don’t gel too much with the substance beneath the style, or at least how that substance is conveyed to us.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 14, 2024

Fear is an integral part of childhood development, so if you have children, show them Coraline and expose them to imagination and the possibility of dreams and all the frightening aspects therein.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 15, 2023

Think Dr. Seuss by way of Edward Gorey, all executed with the creative flair and painstaking detail that Henry Selick brought to 'The Nightmare Before Christmas.'

| Apr 8, 2023

Coraline is a stop-motion masterpiece.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 13, 2022

'Coraline' is a weird and wonderful story, with stunning stop-motion visuals, and haunting music that really heightens the already eerie atmosphere.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 20, 2022

The bone chilling image of buttons-for-eyes will get trapped in your head. But the twists and turns of this phenomenal kid's horror romp will make it all worth it.

| Oct 27, 2021

An eye-popping animated extravaganza.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 3, 2021

There's a lightness to every scene of their films, even the emotionally-scarring moments, which pulls you in deeper to the story.

| Aug 29, 2021

Insanely inventive characters and a generous helping of darkly macabre visuals permeate every facet.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 28, 2020

Coraline is imaginative, daring and intelligent filmmaking devoid of Hollywood manipulations and greeting card sentiments.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 5, 2020

A cinematic fable that strikes a nice balance between schlock and the over-serious...

| Mar 4, 2020

[Coraline] is THE Best Picture of the Year.

| Nov 7, 2019

[A] sumptuous, stunning film that will charm audiences young and old.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 31, 2019

The real star here is the 3D and Selick makes full advantage of advances in the technology.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 3, 2019