Henry Selick's intriguingly creepy story, Coraline, is based on an awkward little girl who moves into a house in Pink Palace. Located in Ashland, Oregon, Coraline's new home is wet, dark and cold. Her parents, voiced by Teri Hatcher and John Hogma, attempt to persuade her to discover new things around their home. While walking around outside, Coraline comes across a little boy named Wybie. Not originally a part of the book, Wybie is placed in this movie to give Coraline somebody to talk to and help develop the plot. He is an interesting and weird boy that comes to stalk Coraline because he feels drawn to her. After Coraline is done exploring outside, she begins looking around and finds a strange door in the wall. Upon opening it for the first time, she finds nothing, but later the door glows and Coraline crawls through it to find her self in an alternate universe. In this different world, Coraline finds an almost perfect paradigm of what she wants in her life. Her "other" parents are fun, outgoing, talented and give her anything she wants. One weird thing about this world is that everybody has buttons for eyes. Throughout the movie, Coraline goes back to this world and every time she goes back it gets more and more different. Coraline begins to like this world more than the world that she is from. Then, the "other" mother prevents Coraline from returning to the real world so can reunite with her real family. Her nihilistic "other" mother is convinced that Coraline belongs in the the new world. She is slowly turning into a scary looking machine that is trying to control Coraline in every way possible. Even though the story is a little freaky and crazy, I believe that this could very well be considered a child's movie as well as a young teens' movie. I person enjoyed the dark and thrilling parts of the movie and found it enjoyable. 
