WikPik

Created Jan 01, 2010 12:35PM PST • Edited Jan 01, 2010 12:35PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Perfect 5.0

   A creative retelling of Niel Gaiman’s frightening tale. Henry Selick adds to the story, but doesn’t stray far from what the book was trying to get across. A perfect spine-tingling film for children.

4. Acting

   Very Good 3.5

   Good acting all around from Dakota Fanning and others.

5. Male Stars Very Good 3.5

6. Female Stars Very Good 3.5

7. Female Costars Very Good 3.5

8. Male Costars Very Good 3.5

10. Film

    Great 4.0

    An excellent film throughout. Fear is forced into the audience whether they want it or not. The animation is beautiful and anyone, whether they like the occult or not, with laugh, and shiver at this masterpiece. (Yeah. I went there).

11. Direction Perfect 5.0

12. Dialogue Very Good 3.5

13. Music Very Good 3.5

14. Visuals Perfect 5.0

    Crisp, clean stop-motion animation. It will do good for the human eye.

15. Content

16. Edge

    Mild 1.7

    Relatively tame in terms of violence, but monstrous themes and implications steer the movie away from families with young children.

17. Sex Innocent 1.5

18. Violence Fierce 2.0

19. Rudeness Polite 1.5

21. Reality

    Fantasy 5.0

    Nothing in the film could take place. Everything from the talking cat to Coraline’s name is completely unrealistic.

22. Circumstantial Fantasy 5.0

23. Biological Fantasy 5.0

24. Physical Fantasy 5.0