| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"A darkly invigorating stop-motion tour down the rabbit hole of childhood anxieties..." more... |
B |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"The ideal audience for this film would be admirers of film art itself, assuming such people exist." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Geoff Berkshire |
"...a rare animated movie that adults might be tempted to check out with or without kids in tow." more... |
B+ |
| E! Online |
"The list of recent, great animated films that don't have the Pixar logo attached is short--but now it can include Coraline." more... |
A- |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...thrilling stop-motion animated adventure..." more... |
A |
Filmcritic.com
Chris Cabin |
"...eerie-yet-elegant..." more... |
B |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"First stop-motion 3-D animation is a family treat." more... |
A- |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...wonderfully creepy..." more... |
A- |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
"...exquisitely realized..." more... |
A |
Reelviews
James Berardinelli |
"The plot is interesting enough to involve viewers of all ages." more... |
B |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...those who tough it out with this twisted, trippy adventure in impure imagination will only be the better for it." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...gorgeous like a Venus flytrap..." more... |
A |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker |
"...a classic fairy tale with a contemporary sensibility and a spooky horror under the candy-house fantasy." more... |
A |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...more to be admired than enthusiastically embraced." more... |
B- |
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