The animation is gorgeous and I love the story idea of some parallel world with the buttons. Pretty near to perfect. Of course, the reason for the buttons or why the other mother does what she does is unexplained, but it doesn’t need to be, it is as it is. The only thing missing for me was that on some occasions there are smoe tiny stiches missing that would make the story run a bit smoother. The last bit, from where Coraline goes to sleep on the marbles to the end, seems a bit rushed. Like the movie had to be cut down in size and there is this very hasty last blurb of action or something.

Apart from that, lovely movie, I wouldn’t mind seeing it again once or twice :)