Coraline

Title: Coraline
Year: 2009
Director: Henry Selick
Writer: Henry Selick, based on the book by Neil Gaiman
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Keith David, John Hodgman, Robert Bailey Jr., Ian McShane
Music: Bruno Coulais (and They Might Be Giants)
Distinctions: Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature
Length: 100 minutes
Synopsis: a girl is tempted to stay in a magical "other" world
How I saw it: in the theater, February 2009
Subjective Rating: 8/10 (Great)
Objective Rating: 10/10 c. 3.7/4 (Great)

We saw it in 3D, which was pretty but not worth the inflated ticket prices (not to mention the more obvious down-sides to seeing a "children's movie" in the theater). Fun movie, though. Pixar quality.