After moving into her new home with her work-fixated parents, Coraline Jones (voice of Dakota Fanning) teams up with new friend Wybie Lovat (Robert Bailey Jr. Entertainment Magpie Limited t/a Music Magpie is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority FRN 775278. Exploring the massive house, Coraline soon discovers a magic door through which she emerges into a Through The Looking Glass style alternate version of her world.

Coupled with the fact that the storyline is excellent, and is particularly well voiced and written, the film creates an atmosphere that draws you in and makes you want to watch it again and again. Credit subject to status, UK residents only, Entertainment Magpie Limited t/a Music Magpie acts as a broker and offers finance from a restricted range of finance providers, PayPal Credit is a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH. We had been asking our 10 year old for ages if he wanted to watch this film before he suddenly decided he wanted to, probably due to play ground whispers about how good it is . French and Saunders clearly relish their roles and this surely has to be the best thing that Teri Hatcher has ever done. However, schools considering a textbook for adoption may request an evaluation copy of the textbook and workbook.For older children, however, whether they be of school age or merely the young at heart, this is an eye-popping fantasy that deserves viewing and, now it’s on DVD, here’s your chance.

There may not be any blood and gore, but the creepy images presented in this film are, in some ways, even more disturbing, be it metallic-legged spider-like hands or warped buttons eyes.

Coraline Jones (Dakota Fanning) is bored until she finds a secret door and discovers an alternate, better version of her life on the other side.