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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Darío C

Beautifully animated. Very well-paced in its 75 mins length. Original, touching story. Such a classic. I don't give it 5 stars just because I am personally not into musicals (and this one included a couple of them).

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/17/24

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Samyojan R

It was just marvelous experience for me. It was a very profound movie cuz it evokes the one's emotions. I am kinda touch with this movie cuz one time in our life we will or we had experienced being the other man/woman to someone's life. The tears from my fragile eyes were real for this movie.(It is truly relatable to the other woman by lana del rey)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/09/24

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Wendel L

Direção: Bom Animação: Bom Roteiro: Bom Visual: Bom Soundtrack: Bom

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/08/24

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Andrew P

Corpse Bride is one of the best of Burton's works, being beautifully animated with a great story and good writing throughout.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/18/24

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Audience Member

Corpse Bride is a pretty solid animated movie with creepy visuals. It took me a long time to appreciate this movie, and I’m thankful I gave it another chance

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/14/24

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Billy R

Very epic movie with classic tim burton animation

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/14/24

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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., Will Vinton Studios, Tim Burton Animation Co.
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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