the craft of coraline is admirable and the children were sympathetically and whimsically portrayed.like any good fairy tale the villain is female (think hansel and gretel, snow white, cinderella, little mermaid (octopus woman), alien, the magician's nephew, pollyanna, sleeping beauty, wizard of oz, alice in wonderland-exceptions being Peter Pan and Mary Poppins....
disappointments in Coraline include the hackneyed characters of the "little old ladies" reminiscent of "Triplets of Belleville" the oscar nominated cartoon from 2004. i hate little old lady stereotypes for obvious reasons. (like i am one.)
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