Laika Movies Ranked by Tomatometer: From Coraline to Wildwood
Laika’s stop-motion legacy
Laika began in 2005 and became known for high-quality American stop-motion animation. Its first feature was Coraline, directed by Henry Selick, whose earlier film was The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Films and critical praise
The article highlights Kubo and the Two Strings for pairing elaborate animation with a story described as absorbing and melancholy. Coraline is praised for combining stop-motion visuals with Neil Gaiman’s story.
ParaNorman is presented as both frightening and thoughtful, while Missing Link is described as humorous and heartfelt. The Boxtrolls is characterized as an entertaining film with visual flair, though the consensus calls it less successful than Laika’s strongest work.
Wildwood’s place in the lineup
Wildwood is described as a fantasy adaptation of a children’s novel by Colin Meloy of The Decemberists. Its listed cast includes Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Jacob Tremblay, Carey Mulligan, and Mahershala Ali.
The text says Wildwood would release in 2025, but also supplies a critics’ consensus and calls it a return for the studio. Those claims sit uneasily together, and no Tomatometer scores or explicit rank numbers are provided.
Key points
- Laika was founded in 2005 and is known for American stop-motion animation.
- Coraline was the studio’s first feature, directed by Henry Selick.
- The article lists five earlier Laika films as Certified Fresh and Oscar-nominated.
- Wildwood is presented as a 2025 release, though the text also gives it a critics’ consensus.