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Coraline (2009)

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Coraline
PG
Animation
Fantasy
Drama
Family
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An adventurous 11-year-old girl finds another world that is a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets.

Release Date
February 6, 2009
Director
Henry Selick
Writers
Henry Selick , Neil Gaiman
Cast
Dakota Fanning , Teri Hatcher , Jennifer Saunders , Dawn French , John Hodgman
Runtime
100 minutes

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