Coraline and the Button Witch
- IMDb link: 0327597
- IMDb rating: 7.8 (299,587 votes)
- Genres: Thriller, Drama, Fantasy, Animation, Family
- Director: Henry Selick
- Cast: Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Saunders, Teri Hatcher, John Hodgman, Dawn French and others
- Release date: 6 Feb 2009
- Release year: 2009
- Runtime: 100 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: parallel worlds, female protagonist, horror for children, alternate world, button eyes, missing parents, neglectful parent, old house, dream, secret door
Plot:
Coraline moves to a new home where she feels bored and alone. She finds a bricked up passage in the wall, but during the night it opens up. She discovers a world that seems to be an alternate version of her life with only one slight difference- everything is better. And everyone has buttons for eyes. Coraline's "other mother" invites her to stay forever if she lets her sew buttons, and Coraline begins to realize that this alternate universe is a trick to lure her in so her Other Mother can essentially "eat up her soul." She has to rescue her parents from the Other Mother and make it home safely, relying on her tricks- and the help of a sassy talking cat, naturally.