Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

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Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

PG

Released Sep 23, 2005

1h 16m

Kids & Family

Fantasy

Animation

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Victor (Johnny Depp) and Victoria's (Emily Watson) families have arranged their marriage. Though they like each other, Victor is nervous about the ceremony. While he's in a forest practicing his lines for the wedding, a tree branch becomes a hand that drags him to the land of the dead. It belongs to Emily, who was murdered after eloping with her love and wants to marry Victor. Victor must get back aboveground before Victoria marries the villainous Barkis Bittern (Richard E. Grant).

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Critics Consensus

As can be expected from a Tim Burton movie, Corpse Bride is whimsically macabre, visually imaginative, and emotionally bittersweet.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

This may be light family entertainment, but it’s also a pleasingly perverse celebration of Victorian morbidity.

Jun 29, 2022

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Dave Calhoun

Time Out

As fun as the film occasionally is, it just plays like a compilation of greatest hits.

Aug 16, 2007

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Kim Newman

Empire Magazine

If Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was Burton's big picture for 2005, this is his miniature.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 1, 2006

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Petrana Radulovic

Polygon

It is a romance first and foremost, dressed up with Halloween-y scares, spooky supernatural elements, and Tim Burton's usual Hot Topic aesthetic (I mean this in a very good way).

Oct 20, 2021

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

A fine mix of rot and romance.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 18, 2021

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Charlotte Harrison

Charlotte Sometimes Goes to the Movies

The animation is exquisite, the songs captivating and the macabre story is told with just the right amount of sweet and spook.

Nov 6, 2020

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Um filme cheio de sentimentos, questionamentos sobre o ‘amor’ e até onde esse amor pode chegar,um ótimo filme.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/30/25

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Duce J

My favorite Tim Burton/Stop-Motion Movie of all time

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/23/25

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Pride M

A love that is both bittersweet and delightful.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/21/25

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Sam E

The colour contrast between the living and the dead will always fascinate me. Suggesting how the characters may be alive but they're not living...

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/26/25

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Bruno Tiago S

Even for people like me that aren't accustomed to watching movies about anything, it is almost impossible not to like this movie. The story is very well built, about an unusual narrative, for instance: a living person getting married with a dead person. It is very well thought out, for example, in the world of the dead the colors are bright and alive, while in the world of the living the colors are lifeless, totally different from how this is usually represented.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/20/25

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m s

Pales wildly to Nightmare Before Xmas

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/18/25

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Synopsis

Victor (Johnny Depp) and Victoria's (Emily Watson) families have arranged their marriage. Though they like each other, Victor is nervous about the ceremony. While he's in a forest practicing his lines for the wedding, a tree branch becomes a hand that drags him to the land of the dead. It belongs to Emily, who was murdered after eloping with her love and wants to marry Victor. Victor must get back aboveground before Victoria marries the villainous Barkis Bittern (Richard E. Grant).

Director: Tim Burton, Mike Johnson
Producer: Allison Abbate, Tim Burton
Screenwriter: Pamela Pettler, Caroline Thompson
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Warner Bros., Tim Burton Animation Co., Will Vinton Studios
Rating: PG (Brief Mild Language|Action|Some Scary Images)
Genre: Kids & Family, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 23, 2005, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 21, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $53.4M
Runtime: 1h 16m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby SRD, DTS, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)

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