I love this movie personally, but there was reading tea leaves and things like that, which I try to avoid. It was very creepy and kind of gothic, but it's perfect for older kids who like horror films. Don't be fooled by the animation parents, this movie is absoulutly scary! My best friend was rather disturbed.
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Cool but creepy animated fantasy too scary for young kids.
Themes in this movie include: family relationships
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for Ages 9 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Coraline
Parents need to know that this movie will scare young kids. Slightly less creepy than the book on which it was based, the movie is still quite dark, and the "other" world that Coraline discovers turns into a frightening, dangerous place where she could very well die (and other ghost children already have). Your young kids may be interested in seeing the movie thanks to the massive marketing campaign, but this isn't an age-appropriate pick for them. This movie deals with mature themes -- being careful what you wish for, thinking the grass is always greener, and being disappointed in your parents -- that are best suited for tweens and up. Language is mostly insults (like "jerkwad" and "idiot"), and sexuality is limited to two scantily dressed elderly actresses in one memorable scene.
Read our full review by Sandie Angulo Chen
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the story's theme of wishing for a different, "better" life. Kids: Do you ever feel like Coraline? What about her parents made her initially prefer the Other Mother and Father?
- How do both Coraline and her parents change over the course of the movie?
- Do you think this movie is meant for little kids, or is it too scary?
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- I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
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Awesomely Creepy!
- I rate this title iffy for age 9 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
Creepy Fun
Creepy fun! Coraline is a great character, and the animation is out of this world!
- I rate this title off for age 7 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Negative role models
Sugar-coated pill for promoting spiritualism and divination.
Our grandchildren, aged 5 and 7 were very keen to hand out the 3D glasses and tell us to beware of the needle. We were at daddies house and they had seen the film before. I became suspicious when the 7 year old did not want to watch all of the movie again. It was very skilfully made, but I didn't like the overall message. The preoccupation was with spiritualism, divination and dowsing, all wrapped up in the sugar coating of such clever special effects and pitched at very young children. That is what is so unsettling. Shouldn't we be protecting our kids young minds from such subjects?
- I rate this title on for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
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- Good role models
Not really a "kid's" movie
The movie has a good message and was enjoyable, but it is too scary(and weird!) for kids.
- I rate this title iffy for age 8 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
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- Good role models
AWSOME MOVIE....VERY COOL
When i watched this movie in theaters i thought it was AWSOME!!!!! It was pritty creepy and spoky. A great movie for no kids 7 and under, only mature viwers at the age of 8, and age apprpreat for age 9 and UP!!
- I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
best movie
this was a really good movie it had really cool effects
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
AWFUL!!!!!!!!!
This movie is awful. It is extremely frightening and wild and not GOOD AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- I rate this title iffy for age 7 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
Good
This is a good movie for kids about the age of 7 who like movies like this!
- I rate this title on for age 9 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
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luv it!!!!! but it's too scary for young kids
i love this movie it's very creepy. it's also very close to be rated PG-13. to scary for young kids but perfect for older kids ages 9 and up.
- I rate this title iffy for age 8 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
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great
a great animated adventure. i will rate thing on a scale from 1-10 so u can see how much u should be consenered about that content or how serouse and extreme the content is. HOW EXTREME: VILONCE: 5.2 SEX: 3.9 LANGUAGE: 2 CONSUMERISM: 1 DRINKING,SMOKING AND DRUGS:1.3 HOW MUCH U SHOULD BE CONSERNED ABOUT IT: VILONCE: 8.8 SEX:5 LANGUAGE: 2.1 CONSUMERISM:1 DRINKING,SMOKING,AND DRUGS: 1.5
- I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
A good movie for tweens.
This was a little good. I didn't get what it was about. It was a very scary movie. Tim Burton does a good job.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
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its pretty scary but its also realy good!
I rate this title off for age 17 and give itMy concerns are:- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Negative role models
- I rate this title on for age 9 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
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GREAT!!!!!!!!!!
this movie is awsome!!!!!!!! but it is way to scary and creepy for kids under the age of 9. and the play bit with the old ladies was really gross and inapropreat.
- I rate this title on for age 5 and give it
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so cute!!!! =^D
- I rate this title off for age 5 and give it
Use common sense
I knew it was going to be too scary or my daughter, but she was determined to see it. So I told her we would watch it together and I would answer all her questions and if she got scared we could turn it off. That is exactly what happened. I would never let my daughter (5) endure anything that made her upset. It's not worth it. So my advice is let your kid take te lead and maybe you'll be spared some bad dreams and tough questions. BTW, my daughter could have cared less about the old ladies. She just asked why the one playing Venus had long hair.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
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- Good role models
"Started weird, got better, ended great."
An admirable addition to the wall of Tim Burton films
- I rate this title iffy for age 8 and give it
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- Good role models
Great message
This movie can be scary for little kids I think it depends on how mature your kids are if they get scared easily don't show them this movie. This movie does have a great message don't be greedy and enjoy what you have
- I rate this title iffy for age 8 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
Great message
This movie can be scary for little kids I think it depends on how mature your kids are if they get scared easily don't show them this movie. This movie does have a great message don't be greedy and enjoy what you have
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
bad movie
I thought coraline was a terrible movie i knew everything that was gonna happen before it happened and i had never seen it before!!! I think no one should waste their money on getting the movie!!
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