Coraline is a good movie and another thing written by Neil Gaiman (at least the book was) who I've been seeing a lot of lately. I wasn't taken by the visual style in the beginning, but I got over it. It's not as pretty as The Nightmare Before Christmas or the Corpse Bride, but the story is just as good and it's told almost as well. Coraline uses less music than the other two titles, however.
It is a fun and "Imaginative" movie which explores a little of a faery land. It It balances between reality and fantasy, waiting until the end to commit to any relationship between the two. Even then, it is a vague relationship, but not so vague as Pan's Labyrinth. Nor is the land quite so far on the side of "faery" of my fairy/faery division as Pan's Labyrinth.
It is dark in places, but it isn't so horrifying that it can't be watched by most people. Plus, there are positive morals that can be extracted pretty easily. There are parts in the movie that play almost like a video game, but over all, it is a fine product.
I am interested in reading the book, for one of the major characters apparently doesn't exist.
Analysis (with Spoilers):
I was struck by how awful Coraline's parents are in the beginning of the movie. There characters change a lot by the end, but I am not sure it is justified. Sure, they are trapped by the evil dolls for a time, but they don't remember it. It could also be that we are now just seeing a different side of them and they aren't actually awful parents. They just were for a short time. However, it isn't adequately explained.
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