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Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

Play trailer Poster for Tim Burton's Corpse Bride PG 2005 1h 16m Kids & Family Fantasy Animation Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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As can be expected from a Tim Burton movie, Corpse Bride is whimsically macabre, visually imaginative, and emotionally bittersweet.

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Kevin Maher The Times (UK) It’s close to a perfect musical, and certainly a perfect animation. Rated: 5/5 Sep 19, 2025 Full Review 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 Full Review Dave Calhoun Time Out As fun as the film occasionally is, it just plays like a compilation of greatest hits. Aug 16, 2007 Full Review Diego Batlle Otroscines.com [Corpse Bride] is a hilarious, marvelous, and captivating blend of the spirit of fairy tales, children's fables, the macabre ghost stories of horror films, great musicals or small-time music halls, and comedy...[Full review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 Oct 27, 2025 Full Review Douglas Davidson Elements of Madness In concert, the narrative elements, the technical elements, and the performative elements combine to create one of the most imaginative and moving gothic love stories in which the best lesson is that loving yourself is the most important thing above all. Sep 28, 2025 Full Review Jeff Beck The Blu Spot It stands as a fascinating, captivating, and unique tale that features wonderful animation, some fine tunes from the great Danny Elfman, and a fantastic vocal cast, culminating in a delightfully macabre experience that's very much worth a revisit. Rated: 3.5/5 Sep 23, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jose Amazing movie as always. Never get tired of tim burtons movies Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/28/25 Full Review Robert B Always a good watch. Laika and Tim Burton have a classic on there hands. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/27/25 Full Review gibran carrillo I LOVED IT!!!! My favorite Tim Burton movie. I missed it as a child in theaters. I rewatched it 2 years ago being the first time since my childhood and man did I enjoy rewatching it. And I told myself that when this movie has a 20th anniversary rerelease in theaters I would watch it in the eaters. Thank God that I did and had this opportunity!!! I loved it so much Beautiful film!! 🎞️ 🎥 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/25/25 Full Review Jillybean Still an absolute delight, twenty years later. Beautiful animation, superb characters, great music, touching love story. My go to Halloween film that I watch every year at home. Seeing it again on the big screen this year was spectacular. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/25/25 Full Review nikki it's not halloween with Tim Burton in your life! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/22/25 Full Review William The remastered version brings a new crispness to an already beautiful movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/22/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Tim Burton

Director

Mike Johnson

Director

Johnny Depp

Victor Van Dort

Helena Bonham Carter

The Corpse Bride

Emily Watson

Victoria Everglot

Tracey Ullman

Nell Van Dort

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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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