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Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Details

2005 Certificate PG
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In the same vein as Edward Scissorhands and Nightmare Before Christmas, Tim Burton continues to combine wholesome comedy and creepy horror with this tale of a mild-mannered Victorian gentleman, Victor (Johnny Depp), who accidentally marries a mysterious corpse bride (Helena Bonham-Carter) instead of his intended, Victoria (.. Read more

Starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter, Emily Watson, Tracey Ullman
Director Tim Burton, Mike Johnson
Genres Audio Descriptive, Comedy

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Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

In the same vein as Edward Scissorhands and Nightmare Before Christmas, Tim Burton continues to combine wholesome comedy and creepy horror with this tale of a mild-mannered Victorian gentleman, Victor (Johnny Depp), who accidentally marries a mysterious corpse bride (Helena Bonham-Carter) instead of his intended, Victoria (Emily Watson). Victor soon discovers that the Land of the Dead holds more fun than frights and begins to fall in love with his innocent bride. Meanwhile, Victoria has been drawn into a scam of a marriage and may not escape with her life. As time runs out for everyone, can there be a resolution where everyone gets what he or she deserves? Building on their past productive relationship (EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, ED WOOD), Tim Burton and Johnny Depp create a colourful riot of a film that revives the increasingly rare method of stop-motion animation. Over the period of 10 years that Burton worked to complete the film, new techniques were created to speed the process, including a new way to change the character models' facial expressions by using gears in their heads. Of particular note is the lilting score by Danny Elfman, another longtime Burton collaborator. Fun for adults and children, CORPSE BRIDE is another welcome walk through Tim Burton's twisted mind.

Starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter, Emily Watson, Tracey Ullman, Paul Whitehouse, Richard E. Grant, Christopher Lee, Albert Finney, Michael Gough, Joanna Lumley, Jane Horrocks, Deep Roy, Danny Elfman
Director Tim Burton, Mike Johnson
Studio WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 20 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 14 mins
HD DVD: 1 hr 14 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Genres Audio Descriptive, Comedy
Language DVD: English, English Audio Description
Blu-ray: English
HD DVD: English
Dubbed French
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: 06 Feb 2006
Blu-ray: 21 May 2007
HD DVD: 04 Jun 2007
Production year: 2005
Format DVD
  • Critics' reviews (6) of Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

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  • As an achievement in macabre visual wizardry, TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE has to reckoned some sort of marvel... A sculpted musical dreamscape of kiddie-gothic expressionist design.

    • Entertainment Weekly
  • The visuals are dazzling and the characters vividly rendered in caricature fashion. Danny Elfman's score may be his best yet, with songs that are witty and melodic.

    • USA Today
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  • 77 out of 79 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    tim burton does it again....

    i love tim burton films particularly when johnny depp is starring in them, so i could not wait to see this film. i was not disappointed it is amazing. it has a gothic feel to it, but still is witty and has an emotional edge to it. johnny depp is brilliant as the voice of the hapless hero, and the song and dance routines are fabulous.

    this is well worth renting out.

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Corpse Bride Rises and doesnt Die

    Tim Burtons CB is beautifully animated with even more fluid impressive works than a nightmare before christmas, the grim victorian england is brilliantily captured with the characters that are revoltingly dull ( in a good way , they are supposed to be this dreary) , its amusing in its twisted way.

    The voices are brilliant youve got Depp and Carter ( tims friend and partner) as the main characters who are excellent , christopher lee, jane horricks, joanne Lumley!

    The story is thoughtful , perhaps slightly predictable in ways though right up to the end I wasnt sure who Victor was going to end up with , the corpse bride or his original planned bride .

    The afterlife world is in contrast not dull and dreary but more colourful and friendly which is funny.

    I highly recommened this film.

      • Rossk from Kingston upon Thames
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    Corpse Bride leaves Wallace And Gromit for dead

    • 10 Mar 2006

    Despite winning an Oscar on Sunday, it seems Nick Park couldn't convince judges at the British Animation Awards to honour Wallace And Gromit with the title of best feature film. Aardman's latest feature film Curse Of The Were-Rabbit was pipped to the post by Tim Burton's Corpse Bride. The stop-motion animation, set in the 19th century, follows Vincent Van Dort as he is whisked to the underworld to marry a mysterious woman who died on her wedding day. The film is voiced by a long list of... Read more

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48,582 Member ratings
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