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Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
This is at once a perfect depiction of a folk tale and a perfect Tim Burton movie. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for EDGE Boston (David Foucher)EDGE Boston (David Foucher)
Corpse Bride” has the same visual flair and devilish humor as “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” but it’s a much more charming film. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at EDGE Boston (David Foucher)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
A rebuke to the current 3-D computer animated takeover of the field, and what a beautiful rebuke it is. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The Blurb Magazine (David Edwards)The Blurb Magazine (David Edwards)
This economically-told but constantly enjoyable film confirms Burton’s already huge reputation as a master of the fantastic. We’ve seen that already this year in his vivid Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and this is on a par with that effort. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at The Blurb Magazine (David Edwards)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Movierapture (Keith Allen)Movierapture (Keith Allen)
Victor Van Dort, a shy, nervous young man, is engaged to be married to Victoria Everglot, the daughter of aristocratic though impoverished parents, but, when he is unable to remember his vows at their wedding rehearsal, Victor retires to a nearby forest ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Movierapture (Keith Allen)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Selflessness, as it turns out, emerges as the main theme -- the idea that there is nobility in sacrifice. Small wonder, then, that the dead are the good here. An appropriate parallel can indeed be drawn to the state of animation, for where does ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Peter Howell)Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
If his The Nightmare Before Christmas from a dozen years back was a treat for the eyes and mind, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride goes double or nothing by being a delight for the ears and also the heart. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
Everyone in the movie ... is too something -- too tall, too thin, too round, too pointy, too trapezoid, even -- though always in the most delightful of ways. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
Everyone in the movie ... is too something -- too tall, too thin, too round, too pointy, too trapezoid, even -- though always in the most delightful of ways. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Beneath the ghoulish in-jokes and horror-geek allusions, there's a core of the same bittersweet truth that makes the best fairy tales resonate from one generation to the next. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for ShowBIZ DataShowBIZ Data
Tim Burton's animated Corpse Bride moves from limited to wide release this weekend and is continuing to draw rave reviews. Wesley Morris in the Boston Globe says that Burton "has rarely been in brisker, friskier form. This picture is 77 minutes, and ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at ShowBIZ Data
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Beneath the ghoulish in-jokes and horror-geek allusions, there's a core of the same bittersweet truth that makes the best fairy tales resonate from one generation to the next. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
It's Oscar time: With its original characters, dark humor, haunting poignancy, and noirish whimsy, this film is as good as Nightmare Before Christmas, a sure Oscar contender ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)
...lacks only a certain ookiness -- it doesn't so much tickle the uneasy, conflicted underside of the human urge for extinction as turn it into a gag. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
The movie is a bit betwixt and between -- whimsical but eerie, funny but melancholy. That said, Corpse Bride truly is like nothing else at the movies these days. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Fresno Bee (Donald Munro)Fresno Bee (Donald Munro)
Burton revels in his own mad, inspired vision. It's as if he screws off the top of his head and lets us peek inside. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Fresno Bee (Donald Munro)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
"Tim Burton's Corpse Bride" is 76 minutes of Burton in his sandbox. He's playing here, having fun, and for the most part, his efforts come through. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
Corpse Bride isn't merely eye candy; it's a masterpiece of motion, color and texture that never stops dazzling. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for zBoneman Movie Reviews (Kevin Jones & Adam Mast)zBoneman Movie Reviews (Kevin Jones & Adam Mast)
The Corpse Bride is simply a wonderful entertainment. Don't let the rather gothic tone of the picture prevent you from taking the kids. This is a lively movie for all ages. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at zBoneman Movie Reviews (Kevin Jones & Adam Mast)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)
What do you do when you find out you are engaged to a dead woman? Seriously, what do you do? Tim Burton has taken the gothic and gruesome idea of marrying a decaying corpse with a maggot living in her head and given it a spunk and life only his ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride has just about everything I look for in an animated feature: visual wit, high-flying displays of imagination and lots of rotting flesh. If you love old bones - and who doesn't? - Corpse Bride provides a perfect way to split your ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
This scenario offers some good opportunities for some charmingly gruesome touches--a “head waiter” who’s actually just a head, a wisecracking maggot that lives inside the corpse bride’s cranium and sounds like Peter Lorre--and the scripters have ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)
“Corpse Bride” is a macabre fairy tale musical filled with dancing skeletons, a maggot who serves as the “Corpse Bride” equivalent of Jiminy Cricket, and rollicking musical numbers from ex-Oingo Boingo front man and frequent Tim ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Boston GlobeBoston Globe
Dearly beloved, we gather today to celebrate the union of Victor and Victoria. Well, we will just as soon as Victor manages to divorce the undead woman he's accidentally wed. He was rehearsing his vows in an ominous forest and slipped his ring onto a ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Boston Globe
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for DVD Talk (Adam Tyner)DVD Talk (Adam Tyner)
Unrelated to The Nightmare Before Christmas but the closest thing to a sequel its legions of fans are likely to see, the Victorian-era Corpse Bride opens shortly before Victor Van Dort (voiced by Johnny Depp) and Victoria Everglot (Emily Watson) are to ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at DVD Talk (Adam Tyner)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for DVD Talk (Joshua Zyber)DVD Talk (Joshua Zyber)
Frequent Burton collaborator Johnny Depp voices the spindly loner Victor Van Dort, a fishmonger's son forced by his family into an arranged marriage of convenience. Terrified by the prospect of so much as speaking to a girl, Victor first lays eyes on the ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at DVD Talk (Joshua Zyber)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly
As an achievement in macabre visual wizardry, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride has to be reckoned some sort of marvel. It's Burton's second foray into the nostalgic world of stop-motion animation (he codirected it with Mike Johnson), yet far more than ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Entertainment Weekly
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Bill ClarkBill Clark
With an imagination large enough for a dozen grade schoolers hopped up on HoHo's and Mountain Dew, Tim Burton is the goto guy if you're in the mood for bizarre stories. Whether they are his own stories (Edward Scissorhands) or his take on other work ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Bill Clark
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for ToxicUniverse.com (Lee Chase IV)ToxicUniverse.com (Lee Chase IV)
Corpse Bride is gorgeous to look at like all Tim Burton movies, but instead of having it one way (drab and depressing) or the other (bright and high spirited), there is a nice contrast between the two. It's one of the few times ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (Lee Chase IV)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for FilmFocus.Co.UK (Joe Utichi)FilmFocus.Co.UK (Joe Utichi)
There's something wonderfully surreal about Tim Burton's stop-motion animation. While Wallace and Gromit and the like all seem extensions of their artists' exquisite talent, as you watch Corpse Bride it's as though Burton has used cinema as a pathway ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at FilmFocus.Co.UK (Joe Utichi)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (Nell Minow)Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (Nell Minow)
A goulishly enchanting love triangle with spectacularly spot-on voice talent; every moment is filled with wonderfully witty caricatures and sly macabre humor. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (Nell Minow)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie VoiceFilm Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Give Tim Burton credit for one thing: he doesn't lack imagination. Whether it's the uneven fantasy storytelling of Big Fish or fulfilling a years-old fetish by putting Winona Ryder in a blonde wig for Edward Scissorhands, the man has a distinct vision. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema (Mark Pfeiffer)Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema (Mark Pfeiffer)
Corpse Bride continues a perfect marriage between Burton’s creativity and a technique rarely used for feature films. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema (Mark Pfeiffer)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
The Oscar for this year's Best Animated Feature Film belongs right here, even though the ravishing goth romance that Tim Burton has conjured up in Corpse Bride isn't strictly animated in the computer-generated sense. Burton and his co-director, Mike ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Parent PreviewsParent Previews
Definitely not aimed at children or those with an aversion to gruesome postmortem characters, the film also includes the suggestion of suicide and the depiction of a murder victim. However, it also introduces a lively afterlife where spirits are ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Parent Previews
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for DVD Talk (Holly E. Ordway)DVD Talk (Holly E. Ordway)
This lovingly produced stop-motion animated feature brings to life a Gothic tale from Burton's wild imagination, with all the crazy details and unexpected twists that we might expect from the story of a timid young man who accidentally marries a corpse. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at DVD Talk (Holly E. Ordway)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Decent Films Guide (Steven D. Greydanus)Decent Films Guide (Steven D. Greydanus)
A raucous danse macabre in jumping jazz rhythms… and, perhaps most surprisingly, a touching portrait of tragedy, doomed love, empathy, and sacrifice. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Decent Films Guide (Steven D. Greydanus)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia InquirerPhiladelphia Inquirer
Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy meets another girl - one who pops out of a grave, curvy and cadaverous. Tim Burton's Corpse Bride is easily the best stop-motion animated necrophiliac musical romantic comedy of all time. It is also just ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for SF, Horror and Fantasy Film ReviewSF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
Victor, the son of the well-to-do Van Dort fishmonger family, is about to be married to Victoria, the daughter of the Everglot family. However the Everglots are keeping it secret that they are penniless. Decorum is such that Victor and Victoria have ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Ed Blank)Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Ed Blank)
The infectiously good-natured ghoulishness in Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride" should please just about everyone. It may give pause to the youngest children -- those intimidated by Burton's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and his "Nightmare ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Ed Blank)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for DVD Clinic ("Sturdy")DVD Clinic ("Sturdy")
A bumbling man wanders through the forest and accidentally marries a corpse. Aside from the obvious problems, he was to marry an actual living person the next day. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at DVD Clinic ("Sturdy")
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Kushmeer Farakhan)Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Kushmeer Farakhan)
I love, love, love me some Nightmare Before Christmas. When I was much younger, it was (at one time) my favorite film of all time. Every day, after the horrors of junior high school, I would come home and pop in my VHS copy of Tim Burton, ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Kushmeer Farakhan)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Hollywood.comHollywood.com
Inspired by a Russian folktale, Corpse Bride begins with the promise of a wedding. The snobby Everglots (voiced by Joanna Lumley and Albert Finney) are pushing their daughter Victoria (voiced by Emily Watson) into marrying Victor (voiced by Johnny Depp), ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Hollywood.com
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for PM Media Review (Mark Runyon)PM Media Review (Mark Runyon)
Ultimately, this is a solid film with quality animation, a few holes in the storyboard and a crisis of audience. I don't know that I'd necessarily give parents the green flag on taking kids to see this, due to its dark tone and subject matter, but I ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at PM Media Review (Mark Runyon)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for The Movie Insider (Phil Calabro)The Movie Insider (Phil Calabro)
Victor Van Dort (voice of Depp) is a lanky, nervous young man who hasn't had much experience with women, and is about to marry the young maiden Victoria (Watson)—whom he's never met. Basically being set up by his parents, who assume Victoria's parents ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at The Movie Insider (Phil Calabro)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
My positive review of this film has got to be one of the biggest no-brainers of the year, considering that I am a massive fan of this flick’s predecessor of sorts, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, Johnny Depp, Tim Burton and all things dark and gothic. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for UpcomingDiscs.com (Brendan Surpless)UpcomingDiscs.com (Brendan Surpless)
2005 was definitely a big year for Tim Burton. He had the mega successful Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and ended the year with this film, Corpse Bride. Neither Charlie or Corpse deserved to be placed on the top of Burton's best work list, but both ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at UpcomingDiscs.com (Brendan Surpless)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Spectrum (St. George, Utah) (Bruce Bennett)Spectrum (St. George, Utah) (Bruce Bennett)
While not as groundbreaking or thematically complex as "The Nightmare Before Christmas," Burton's latest stop-motion animated film has moments of brilliance and a wonderfully sweet tone ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Spectrum (St. George, Utah) (Bruce Bennett)
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Premiere MagazinePremiere Magazine
Speaking strictly for ourselves, it's difficult to find fault with a picture that manages to reference both Disney's Cinderella and Pascal Doury's twisted Théo tête de mort graphic stories. Burton's stop-motion-animated brainchild nods to a lot of ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Premiere Magazine
Corpse Bride (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine [UK]Empire Magazine [UK]
A precious thing, if likely to please refined aesthetes and odd children rather than win over Pixar-sized crowds. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Empire Magazine [UK]
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by cory on March 02, 2009 Ogden, Utah
I watched Corpse Bride having never seen The Nightmare Before Christmas, but it's obvious they both have the same sort of theme and are aimed at an artistic audience. I liked it, especially since it was new to me personally. Having seen so, so, ...

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