Neil Gaiman's spooky novella goes 3-D on screen in Coraline

Through the looking glass young Coraline's real parents go, and it's up to her to not only save their lives—but to restore serenity to the dead. That's a tall order for a little girl, but this animated blue-tressed tot isn't stressed. In fact, our capable heroine, voiced by Dakota Fanning, is more than up to the challenge in this dark, 3-D animated kid flick. The story, quite similar to author Neil Gaiman's MirrorMask , follows a prepubescent (at least, I think she is—her wide, smooth, puppet-like countenance and impossibly spindly body make it hard to tell ... but she does sleep with a teddy bear) singleton who goes into an alternate world, a la Alice In Wonderland , and encounters a kooky cast of characters which include a Cheshire-like cat, liquid landscapes and a completely cracked carnival. (link)