Coraline

I regret not reading reviews before seeing this with my children. From the advertising, I thought it'd be ok for kids and didn't look very scary. I was so wrong. Some helpful reviews if you haven't seen it are from: missbunhead, ParkerH, peony,and AmyB. I'd recommend reading these because they give good details of the iffy aspects of the movie and explain some of the reasons why other people said what they did. I, personally, hated it. The first half was dark, slow, and left you wondering what in the world the story was about. It leads to intense and disturbing scenes that can be very difficult for some to see or hear. I should have left with my 2 younger ones,(4.8 and 6.5), but stayed because my husband and 8y/o daughter didn't see how it was too scary. I would compare it to The Twilight Zone or Alfred Hitchcock. It was well done, had good animation, and had an unusual storyline. I guess I can say that about it. I just don't like scary movies, period. I'd rather see films that make me feel good afterward and leave me thinking that yes, there is good in the world. I'm a bit more sensitive and so are my children(I'll admit that). They are very sweet, kind, loving kids, and I think if this describes your child then don't take them. I wish I wouldn't have seen it, but as I said earlier, my husband thought it was fine. The parts that disappointed me the most were: the old lady with massive, bouncing breasts having tiny stars covering her nipples and wearing a nearly unseen thong because her fat almost covered it all; the immense intensity of the creepy, scary scenes (which is nearly the whole movie); the thought of having buttons sewn on your(the girl's) eyes and on the mouth(the boy); the ghost children who lost their souls to the evil spiderwoman who had sewn buttons on their eyes; the swear word, and the thought that your parents might not be real and will eventually betray and abuse you. My 4&6 yr-olds had their eyes covered, curling up to me the whole last half of the film. But like I said, my children are happy, pleasant, kind children who wouldn't want to hurt anyone. They both had 2 bad dreams that my husband and I had button eyes within 2 weeks of seeing it, and my 4y/o has strongly requested multiple times to never see it again. I reassured her we won't. I'm surprised at how many children enjoyed this movie. I agree with missbunhead that this could be because of neglectful parents with little real morals. For those reading reviews from others who rated this movie as good, take a look at some of their usernames.

Very good movie, but I would agree with other viewers that it is too scary for children 8 and under. I thought our 8 y/o daughter would be ok, as she has seen other scary movies such as Narnia and Harry Potter, but this is way creepier. She spent the last half of the movie in her father's lap. And we didn't even see it in 3D! So much for animation being less scary! I wish I had read the reviews before going!

I wish I had read reviews before taking my 8 year old twins to this movie. I know my sentiment is shared with the parents of the 4 and 5 year olds I spoke to outside the theater today. In the movie trailer it looks like an artistic film with cute little girl in it. I am not familiar with the book the or the author but it was advertised as a "kid's movie". The PG rating doesn't really fit. There are lots of kid's movie rated PG for things like crude humor but this It is a scary film about a little girl who discovers a secret door leading into a parallel world of a kid-napper/killer who wants to sew buttons into Coraline's eyes. When Coraline realizes this and wants to go home, the "other mom" turns into a big, scary, skeleton. There is one terrifying scene after another. What kind of kid enjoys getting scared to death at the movies? Not to mention the distasteful show of nudity by the elderly neighbor with the triple G breasts wearing nothing but pasties. That alone should boost the rating to PG13. This movie is NOT APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN!!!

I HATE the movie Coraline! It is VERY bad and a lady has huge boobs! And on one part, she had only stickers on! She had only underware! And the other mother tries to kill all of the children! This movie IS NOT OK! The other mother also tries to sow buttons on her eyes! I am 8 and my little cuson is only 4! We both watched it and my little cousin dosn't think it's skary! I don't either. Coraline should of not of been a real movie! I will always try to tell the people that the movie Coraline, is THE WORST movie for children to watch. So if enybody has the people's phone number who made this, please tell me it!