Coraline (2009)

Bias Rating

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Viewer Rating

Rating: 8.2

Overview

When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody h...

Starring Cast

Dakota Fanning • Teri Hatcher • John Hodgman

Where to watch

Prime Video

Apple TV

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Bias Dimensions

Political: Center

Diversity: Moderate

LGBTQ: Neutral

Overview

Starring Cast

Dakota Fanning • Teri Hatcher • John Hodgman

Where to watch

Prime Video

Apple TV

Google Play

Detailed Bias Analysis

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Primary

Political: CenterConfidence: High

The film's central narrative focuses on universal themes of a child's journey to appreciate her imperfect reality and family over a seductive, dangerous fantasy, rather than engaging with specific political ideologies or partisan issues.

Diversity: ModerateConfidence: Medium

Coraline incorporates visible diversity through the inclusion of a prominent Black supporting character, Wybie, who was created for the film adaptation. The narrative, however, does not engage in critical portrayals of traditional identities, focusing instead on a fantastical personal struggle without explicit DEI themes.

Secondary

LGBTQ: NeutralConfidence: Medium

Coraline does not feature explicitly LGBTQ+ characters. However, the cohabiting relationship between Miss Spink and Miss Forcible is often interpreted as queer-coded. Their portrayal is neutral, as their bond is presented with dignity and eccentricity, neither affirming nor denigrating any potential queer identity, and is incidental to the main narrative.

FemPower: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

The film "Coraline" is an adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel. All characters adapted from the source material maintain their original gender in the film. The character Wybie Lovat is an original creation for the movie and does not represent a gender swap of an existing character.

Race Swap: NoConfidence: High

The film 'Coraline' is an adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novella. All characters with an established race in the source material, such as Coraline and her parents, are portrayed as the same race in the movie. The character Wybie Lovat, who is Black in the film, was an original creation for the movie and did not exist in the source material, thus not constituting a race swap.