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Review of by Bob Mondello for NPR — 28 Sep 2012

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Selick puts his real faith not in the gimmickry that Coraline's audiences will think they've shown up for, but in the stronger virtues that they'd likely view as old-fashioned: character, and story, and handmade figures, handmade milkshakes, handmade blades of grass, each one moving utterly persuasively as he and his animators tweak it, frame by frame.

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This review of Coraline (2009) was written by and published by NPR on 28 Sep 2012.

Coraline has generally received very positive reviews.

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