Coraline: Don't take a young/sensitive child to see it.

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Ghost children have their eyes taken away, main character kidnapped, weird spider wants to take her eyes. Her parents taken. Too weird, creepy overtones. It could give a small/sensitive child nightmares for months! I wish I hadn't gone. Story is similar to the People under the stairs. Main character even gets attacked by plants.

I am confused. I specifically looked this up in our local paper as it was raining and I was considering film possibilities and this was def a 12A in our paper. I still have it here - so does our paper rate things differently?

sex and nudity - what? where? Damn I missed it!

And alcoholism? They see more booze drunk in this house

DC are not such delicate little flowers.

And it was PG - not U - no-one forced anyone to take their DC to see the film.

I think a few people here are being silly.

have you ever seen Snow white? Murder, scary trees. Sleeping Beauty? more murder. Lion King? MORE MURDER!

Adults become scared of the wierd and unfamilier, but if was in a disney movie then it's fine! What the hell?!

As parents, these issues are YOURS! Don't force your narrow mindedness on your kids.

Hulababy - I now have a Monty Python style image of Botticelli's Venus wearing "pasties" Lol!

I love the look of this, teenage DD will love it (big Tim Burton fan), 6yo DD will find it too creepy - but then she gets freaky at the Sarah Jane adventures, no way would I let her watch Dr Who (that's my pleasure ) even though lots of her classmates do (watching Sarah Jane was the best compromise). Totally unlike me - I loved anything spooky & creepy, big fan of Misty comic (that ages me then...)

I think that too many of us see PG as generally OK for kids, but really it means "OK for some kids, check the write-up first"

Hmmm, what does it say about my children (youngest 3) that they were not scared at all?

Colinfirth - either you live in a state of constant debauchery, or the sinister bits just went straight over your kids' heads, particularly the youngest.

I saw Grease at 10 years old, when I watched it years later i had no idea how I missed the whole bit about the condom breaking, or what they were doing in the back of the car. Sweet innocent little me back then! I just saw what I wanted to see/what I understood and ignored the rest.

It bothers me more that they say Coraline (rhyme with Caroline) rather than Coral-een which is how I would pronounce it (and how one of DD3's friends would pronounce it, well her mum as she can't talk yet)

To creepy for adults! Those eyes. Did anyone else see the horror film (must have been in the 70s) with the evil china-faced doll who poked people's eyes out with a boot-button hook? Gave me the willies when I was little!

I thought the pronuniation was cora-line.

I'm not so sure it is a Tim Burton movie, it's way too creepy for him. His movies have nice undertones. Edward scissorhands was all about being accepted. He did go a bit ascew with Charlie and the chocolate factory though. You can tell it's not a Tim Burton, it doesn't have Helena Bohnam Carter in it!

No it's Henry Selick apparently.

There was an nice undertone is a sense - it came out alright in the end and the little girl proved to be strong and resourceful and had good friends and family.

I loved the way all the freaky people are just accepted. The old actresses and the mouse man. I think that's incredibly positive.

Housemum, it is "pronounced Coraline (rhymes with Caroline) rather than Coral-een" - it's quite clear about that in the book, so I expect that's why they've stuck to it in the film.

Aha - haven't read the book, so that explains it! DD3's friend will now grow up with a lot of mis-pronnciations, or change her way to avoid the hassle!!!

mispronunciations - can't spel....

Some of the comments here are so funny. Seriously, my DS's (8 & 5) loved it and I would be disappointed if they hadn't - I'd rather they watched something with imagine and great storytelling than that Disney crap - Cars anyone? YAWN.

It is creepy not scary! There is a difference.

We had to stop at the moment they mentioned about the grandma having a child who was 'stolen' - DD (6) freaked and burst out crying. Not sure I'm gonna let them watch the rest - she immediately said about Madeliene Mccann being stolen (posters still up at the local nursery etc so she still mentions Madeliene now and again). DS (7) desperate to see the end!