This latest jewel from animation pioneer Henry Selick shows he retains the delicate touch seen in his earlier favorites The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach. This latest work, based on Neil Gaiman’s award-winning children’s novel, played in 3-D during its theatrical run. So it comes as an unexpected pleasure to be able to also watch it at home with 3-D glasses. Dakota Fanning voices Coraline Jones, a precocious 11-year-old who has just moved to Oregon with her mother and father (Teri Hatcher and Daily Show wag John Hodgman). There, the lonely girl attempts to make friends, even when the neighborhood glows with eccentrics, including two British actresses (noted comedy team Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French) and an argumentative Russian (Ian McShane). Before long, Coraline enters through a trap door to the Other World, finding unexplored treasures and delights.

The movie comes in enough variations to please any preference. All editions include both the 2-D and 3-D versions along with four pairs of 3-D glasses. The Blu-ray and special-edition combo packs also contain a standard-definition digital copy. Among the supplements offered in all versions is feature commentary with Selick and composer Bruno Coulais. Always check labels for contents, but other versions include such goodies as deleted scenes, a “making of” featurette, a segment on how the actors supply the voices and a “U-Control” feature.