# Coraline (2009)

> A bored girl enters a dazzling button-eyed parallel world and must outwit its seemingly perfect mother before wonder becomes captivity.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/8831

## Facts

- Runtime: 100 min
- Genres: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Horror
- Director: Henry Selick
- Cast: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Keith David, John Hodgman, Robert Bailey Jr., Ian McShane
- TMDB rating: 7.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327597/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Mood: eerie, whimsical, unsettling, family movie night, halloween season

## Synopsis

A young girl discovers a fantastical world where her dreams come true, but at a sinister cost.

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