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In Reply to: RE: "Coraline:" an entertaining kid's film posted by tinear on March 01, 2009 at 11:47:26

I went on opening weekend, and there were many people lugging their toddlers and infants along. I think anything "animated" people consider family friendly, and I do not think this qualifies as a standard kid's film. Maybe it is a kid's film in the context that Roald Dahl writes kid's books, but I think there is a lot of non-traditional storytelling and dark images/humour that a lot of parents may not be comfortable with (the implanted and thonged sister on the trapeze as an overt example :-).

I actually liked the character build up. There was so much eye candy it was enough for me to lay back and enjoy (I got a vicarious thrill from the delivery van backing up at the opening so maybe I am easily thrilled :-). I was also very surprised by Teri Hatcher and how good her voice was, not something I have really noticed from her before.

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I don't know how old you are but things really - tinear 16:49:29 03/02/09 (2)
have changed a lot over the past decade or so. Kids are used to seeing lots of weird stuff on TV and films like "Alien" are watched by 7 and 8 year olds.
I liked the film but I thought it wasn't a classic.
- My wife, who writes both Adult fiction & Young Adult novels, thought it too strong for young kids. - Audiophilander 11:43:00 03/03/09 (0)
  Coraline has a VERY dark storyline with lots of troubling nightmarish images and concepts that aren't presented in an overtly musical comedy format (like Nightmare Before Christmas or even The Corpse Bride). It's an excellent film, but it isn't a 'kids' movie per se.
  
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- What determines a kid's movie... - mdl 18:29:03 03/02/09 (0)
  I hear what you are saying. I have a neighbour that will let her kids watch the Saw movies at ages eight and ten (I also showed her that her twelve year old was watching hardcore porn around the clock, she did not seem too concerned about that either). I do not consider any of those kids movies either, and think maybe part of it is there is a big difference between being able to sit in front of it and being able to understand and appreciate it. In the case of Coraline, I think so much is simple appreciation of something so beautiful that I think it is lost on a lot of children used to rapid action and straight ahead CGI'ed magnificence (most of which leaves me cold).
  
  I am not sure if it will be a classic either (I do think Nightmare Before XMAS is). I do think films like this are pretty rare though, and I am very glad I went and saw it in the theater in 3d.
RE: I agree - Brian A 15:55:27 03/02/09 (0)
It was definitely a dark movie. Not good for a kid in, say, early grade school. But enjoyable non the less.

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