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Metascore®80 out of 100 | Universal acclaim

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    A remarkable feat of imagination, a magical tale with a genuinely sinister edge. Read full review

  • 100
    The Onion (A.V. Club) | Tasha Robinson

    The results are nothing short of magical. Read full review

  • 100
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    This thrilling stop-motion animated adventure is a high point in Selick's career of creating handcrafted wonderlands of beauty blended with deep, disconcerting creepiness. Read full review

  • 90
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    Coraline lingers in an atmosphere that is creepy, wonderfully strange and full of feeling. Read full review

  • 80
    Village Voice | Scott Foundas

    Coraline Jones isn't the pluckiest or most ingratiating sprite ever to take center stage in a children's film, and her (mis)adventures aren't especially novel, but Coraline is still a consistent splendor to behold. Read full review

  • 80
    Variety | Justin Chang

    This eccentric and deliriously inventive fantasy finds stop-motion auteur Henry Selick scaling new heights of ghoulish whimsy, buoyed by a haunting score that works its own macabre magic. Read full review

  • 75
    ReelViews | James Berardinelli

    The film has been crafted with a consideration that the best family movies appeal not only to a young target audience but to the parents who accompany their offspring to theaters. Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    This is a gloomy film with weird characters doing nasty things. I've heard of eating chocolate-covered insects, but not when they're alive. Read full review

  • 70
    Time | Richard Corliss

    This is the animated film as art film. Coraline doesn't try to ingratiate; it just looms, like a cemetery gate, daring curious souls to tiptoe in and fend for themselves. Read full review

  • 63
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    Coraline is a plucky heroine, and director Selig's imagination is indisputable. But the story falters in parts, and its dark tone could be off-putting for children. Read full review

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