"The stop-motion film, Coraline is based on the fantasy/horror graphic novel by Neil Gaiman which was published in 2002.

Coraline is about a girl and her family who recently moved to Pink Palace Apartments. While exploring her new home and surroundings, she finds a small door blocked by bricks by day, and at night, a tunnel to an alternate universe.

In her normal world, her parents seemed to always ignore her, but in the alternate world her "other mother" and "other father" show that they love her, and her "other mother" can actually cook. But soon she realizes all this was a trap, and her "other mother" shows what she really looks like, on the inside and out.

I really liked the animation because although we hadn't seen it in 3-D, it still seemed to "pop" and have the same feel as a 3-D movie would. They also used complex visual effects that made the movie more vibrant.

I also liked the voice actors chosen for this film because the dialogue and script between Coraline and the neighbor kid, Wybie (short for why born), made them seem as if their characters were real children.

I didn't really enjoy the scary scenes, but I was OK with them, just to me it seemed almost like an animated horror movie. Of course, wouldn't you just expect people's demise from a film based off of a fantasy/horror graphic novel with an alternate universe that seemed to be better than perfect?

Although rated PG, I would recommend this film to someone at least the age of 13 for all the scary scenes lurking, waiting for you to come for a fright...

Anyways, also while Coraline was visiting the alternate universe, there was a scene where an animated woman was practically naked. Although it was only one or two scenes, it still makes a difference to include that or not, or for young children to see this, or not to as well.