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Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

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Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 174 Fresh: 146  Rotten:28 Average Rating: 7.3/10
 
Consensus: As can be expected from a Tim Burton movie, Corpse Bride is whimsically macabre, visually imaginative, and emotionally bittersweet. As can be expected from a Tim Burton movie, Corpse Bride is whimsically macabre, visually imaginative, and emotionally bittersweet. more
 
Rated: PG
Runtime: 87 mins
Theatrical Release: 21-10-2005
Synopsis:
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... [More]
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 in which everyone gets what he or she deserves? Building on their past productive relationship (EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, ED WOOD), Tim Burton and Johnny Depp create a colorful 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. [Less]

Genre: Animated, Animation

Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter, Emily Watson, Albert Finney, Richard E. Grant

Director: Tim Burton
Producer: Laurie Parker, Tim Burton, Allison Abbate
Screenwriter: John August
Director: Caroline Thompson
Screenwriter: Pamela Pettler
Composer: Danny Elfman

DVD Info

Release:

Oct 10, 2006

[DVD Details]

HD-DVD Features:

  • Elite Red HD Case
  • Widescreen - 1.78

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Surround Sound EX 5.1 - English, French (Quebec), Latin Spanish
  • Subtitles - English, French, Latin Spanish, Spanish - Optional
  • Closed Captioned - English - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailer
  • Featurettes - 1. "Inside the Two Worlds"
  • 2. "Danny Elfman Interprets the Two Worlds"
  • 3. "The Animators: The Breath of Life"
  • 4. "Tim Burton: Dark vs. Light"
  • 5. "Voices from the Underworld"
  • 6. "Making Puppets Tick"
  • 7. "The Voices Behind the Voice"
  • 8. Music-Only Track

Text and Photo Galleries:

  • "THE CORPSE BRIDE Pre-Production Galleries"

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You'd be hard pressed to find a film with this level of visual and storytelling potency this year.

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10/29/05 03:22 AM
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Special mention must also go to Enn Reitel, whose performance as the Peter Lorre maggot inside Emily's eye comfortably steals the entire film.

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10/21/05 03:15 AM
David Edwards
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If you have a pulse, you'll love it.

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10/11/05 03:15 AM
Stella Papamichael
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The script and vocal cast turn each character into a vivid bundle of nerves and longings.

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Dave Calhoun
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Burton thinks in intuitive images, and there are sights here that I would love to have framed on my wall.

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07/30/07 03:12 PM
Rob Gonsalves
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Joe Lozito
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Burton definitely follows his own deliriously surreal path that may be more decipherable to a shrink than a movie critic.

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05/12/06 03:16 AM
Jim Lane
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Gloomy, but in a beautiful, compelling way. In fact, the visuals sell the film because the story is entertaining but extremely lightweight.

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02/24/06 06:05 PM
Forrest Hartman
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A quirky, artistic triumph.

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01/31/06 06:08 PM
Betty Jo Tucker
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...the visuals are so good and the voices so colorful, you probably won't mind the film's minor shortcomings.

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01/17/06 09:21 AM
John J. Puccio
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There are wonderful voice performances all around...and the animation, particularly of facial expressions, sets a new level of technical accomplishment...but the humor in Corpse Bride feels underpowered...

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12/15/05 01:56 AM
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat
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Divertida, romántica y con mucho más corazón que el resto de los filmes en cartelera, es simple y sencillamente un deleite que no puedes dejar pasar por alto.

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11/28/05 10:02 PM
Jorge Avila Andrade
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After the bloated hit-and-miss feel of many of Burton's recent live-action work it is a joy to experience this throwback to the glory days.

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Nathaniel Rogers
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