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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)
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)
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)
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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)
Boston Herald (James Verniere)
ShowBIZ 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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Providence Journal (Michael Janusonis)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
JackassCritics.com (Grim Ringler)
Entertainment 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
Boston 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
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")
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)
SF, 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
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)
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)
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")
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)
Premiere 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
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)
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)
Hollywood.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
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)
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)
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]
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)
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Philadelphia 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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Parent 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
Bill 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
Empire Magazine [UK]
Film 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
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)
Appreciating Great Trash
Though it’s not quite up-to-par with his rollicking masterpiece The Nightmare Before Christmas, Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride certainly doesn’t hurt for trying: it’s a freewheeling ode to casual morbidity and an unparalleled visual achievement, ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Appreciating Great Trash
San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
Necrophilia is all the rage at multiplexes this month. A fatal attraction is dead center of "Just Like Heaven" and the lively and deliriously original "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride."
A perverse menage a trois is composed of two potential brides -- one ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
Hollywood Jesus
The most mysterious and top secret project in the animation community has finally arrived after many years….so was it worth the wait? For fans of Tim Burton, most likely a resounding YES. For animation fans, especially the stop-motion lovers, assuredly ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Hollywood Jesus
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
The dead have more fun than the living, again, in Tim Burton’s new stop-motion animated feature, a gift to gothlings everywhere and as exquisitely crafted as one of Federico’s post-mortem still lifes on Six Feet Under, and just as melodramatically ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Bloody-Distgusting
In the end the movie isn’t superb, but it’s still quite a good time. When I first saw Nightmare I HATED it, but years later found that it’s easily one of my favorites of all time. I feel that over time I may enjoy ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Bloody-Distgusting
Screen Rant (Brian Rentschler)
Sometimes it's hard to know what to expect from Tim Burton. On the plus side, the guy really knows how to tell a story, and with only a few exceptions, you can tell that each of his movies is truly a labor of love. On the minus side, he's a little too ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Screen Rant (Brian Rentschler)
The Horror Channel (Andrew Kasch)
Reverse Shot (Marianna Martin)
If you put your stamp on everything you direct, then you get to be an auteur, not a mere director, and might even get the dubious honor of having your name smacked down in front of your movie’s title, your reputation overshadowing any the movie might ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Reverse Shot (Marianna Martin)
Guardian/Observer
A young man unwittingly brings a corpse to life and has to marry her and join her in the ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Guardian/Observer
Eric D. Snider
As you may know, "Corpse Bride" was painstakingly made using models of the characters which are positioned, photographed, moved slightly, photographed again, and so on, thousands and thousands of times. The feats involved in creating such a film weigh ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Eric D. Snider
The BigScreen Cinema Guide - Reader Reviews
A young man is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bride, while his real bride, Victoria, waits bereft in the land of the living. Though life in the Land of the Dead proves to be a lot more colorful than his strict Victorian ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at The BigScreen Cinema Guide - Reader Reviews
Bloody-Distgusting
In a 19th-century European village, Victor (Depp) travels to the underworld for a quickie wedding to a mysterious corpse bride (Bonham Carter) while his living wife (Watson) pines for his return. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Bloody-Distgusting
The Onion A.V. Club (Tasha Robinson)
It's been more than a decade since The Nightmare Before Christmas hit screens, but the merchandise continues to sell, and new Nightmare tchotchkes still come out every year. It's tempting to pin that longevity entirely on the film's amazing design, which ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at The Onion A.V. Club (Tasha Robinson)
Jam! Movies
Often accused of being cold in his presentation, Tim Burton answers his critics in the stop-motion animation feature Tim Burton's Corpse Bride by injecting warmth into the dead.
The movie -- his second foray into that form of animation after the cult ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Jam! Movies
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
No, this isn't a sequel or a spin-off to Tim Burton's 1993 classic The Nightmare Before Christmas, although it certainly does look like one on first glance. Not that it's a rip-off either, as this is a self-contained movie with its own themes and sense ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
The Daytona Beach News-Journal (Jeff Farance)
InsidePulse.com - DVD Review (John Cavanagh)
With his nerves on end Victor can't seem to get his vows straight at the rehearsal which has everyone question his surety about the marriage. I mean how dare he be uncertain about marrying a girl he just met, right? Doubtful about everything Victor ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at InsidePulse.com - DVD Review (John Cavanagh)
musicOMH.com (Michael Hubbard)
Corpse Bride, painstakingly filmed as a stop-motion animation, is recognisably Tim Burton's film even without the co-director's name appearing in the title. A dark Victorian romance set in 19th century Europe, it's every bit as black humoured and oddball ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at musicOMH.com (Michael Hubbard)
DVDnett.no
"Stop-motion" filmer er kanskje ikke det mest moderne mediet, men filmene om Wallace og Gromit og Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas og nå Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, viser at en slik teknikk fortsatt fungerer og kan konkurrere med alle ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at DVDnett.no
Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Kushmeer Farakhan)
Cinenganos (Luis Martinez)
Un hermoso cuento de amor brotado de la penumbra y un canto a la vida, venido desde la misma muerte. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Cinenganos (Luis Martinez)
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Though not for the very young -- and certainly not preschoolers -- Tim Burton's Corpse Bride is a highly inventive saga that clocks in at an impressively compact 77 minutes. You can't ask for more from such a delightfully grave love story. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
A necrophiliac entertainment for the whole family to enjoy, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride marks the director's latest venture into the world of stop-motion animation. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
The sweetness, the visual flourishes and inspired pieces of casting carry the Corpse Bride , if not all the way down the primrose path, then at least across the threshold. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
Movie Gazette
Corpse Bride carries on in the dark, romantic tradition of Tim Burton's classic films Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas. Set in a 19th century European village, this stop-motion, animated feature follows the story of Victor (Johnny ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Movie Gazette
Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride is a stop motion animated fairy tale about a timid fellow named Victor Van Dort (Johnny Depp) who is on the verge of being married to a beautiful, but equally timid, young animated lady named Victoria Everglot (Emily Watson). ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)
Draven99's Musings (Chris Beaumont)
It's inevitable that Corpse Bride will be compared to Tim Burton's last stop motion animated film, The Nightmare Before Christmas. Many of these comparisons are valid, but when it comes right down to it, this is a different movie. Yes, the animation is ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Draven99's Musings (Chris Beaumont)
DVD Review e-zine
, complete with a number of great bonus materials. Enough to warrant a review, I'd say.
The film tells the story of Victor (Johnny Depp) on the eve of his being married to Victoria (Emily Watson). They met only once but their families have arranged ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at DVD Review e-zine
Fulvue Drive-in
Though not as wide-ranging or successful as James & The Giant Peach or The Night Before Christmas, Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride (2005, co-directed by Burton and Mike Johnson) is a fairly good but all-too-short tale of a young man named Victor (voice of ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Fulvue Drive-in
JoBlo's Movie Emporium (JoBlo)
We’re in a small 19th century European town and a shy, thin man is arranged to be married to be a shy, cute woman by their respective parents. The man, rendered bumbling by the anxiety of the situation, finds himself running off into the dark forest in ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium (JoBlo)
Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)
Any Hot Topic buyer worth her salt knows that Tim Burton's Corpse Bride is a calculated attempt to more immediately replicate the cash-cow status it took The Nightmare Before Christmas a decade to achieve. Though director Henry Selick has been traded out ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)
Film Monthly (Hank Yuloff)
Such is the premise of Tim Burton's latest animated adventure, Corpse Bride. Victor Van Dort (Johnny Depp) leaves his disastrous wedding rehearsal to take a walk in the woods. He was not able to get any of the words right and was sent off to practice. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Film Monthly (Hank Yuloff)
Wolfpack Productions (Sujit 'Chief' Chawla)
Victor and Victoria have been arranged to be married. Both sets of parents think that by marrying the other side, they'll become richer than they are, not realizing both families aren't all that well off. Victor is a little hesitant, for obvious reasons, ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Wolfpack Productions (Sujit 'Chief' Chawla)
Twitch
In 1993 Tim Burton turned the animation world on its head when he produced the much loved and wonderously fantastic A Nightmare Before Christmas. He followed that with James and the Giant Peach in 1996. Now, 12 years after Nightmare, he returns once more ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Twitch
Slate (David Edelstein)
Tim Burton's fetishes are entertainingly consistent. He's just gaga for ghoul chicks. He's probably scared of being consumed by them, too—which must only make them more desirable. He used to photograph his spooky Addams Family ex-girlfriend Lisa Marie ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Slate (David Edelstein)
Newark Star-Ledger (Lisa Rose)
Corpse Bride offers unclassifiable enchantment. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Newark Star-Ledger (Lisa Rose)
Newark Star-Ledger (Lisa Rose)
Corpse Bride offers unclassifiable enchantment. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Newark Star-Ledger (Lisa Rose)
The King's Room (Clyde Ayles)
Stop motion
animation is one of the oldest forms of filmmaking, and still one of the best.
This is where you move an object a little at a time and film it at one frame per
minute. This was used on the original "King Kong" by Willis ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at The King's Room (Clyde Ayles)
Newsday (Gene Seymour)
Cheerfully macabre and unexpectedly soulful. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Newsday (Gene Seymour)
Houston Chronicle
Amazingly fluid and drop-dead gorgeous, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride is the best-looking stop-motion animation film ever. Computer animation may have been easier — and just as good-looking — but regardless of its medium, the film is worth an "I ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Houston Chronicle
Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
A bouncy, enchanting family film, equally captivating on the levels of pathos, dialogue and visuals. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Variety.com (Justin Chang)
A Warner Bros. Pictures release of a Tim Burton/Laika Entertainment production. Produced by Burton, Allison Abbate. Executive producers, Jeffrey Auerbach, Joe Ranft. Directed by Mike Johnson, Tim Burton. Screenplay, John August, Caroline Thompson, Pamela ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Variety.com (Justin Chang)
Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Corpse Bride had me at the maggot. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
Corpse Bride has the look and feel of the best puppet show ever. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
In the guise of a family film, Burton evokes a darkly erotic obsession that recalls Edgar Allan Poe and Hitchcock's Vertigo . It would be a test for any filmmaker, and Burton aces it. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Rick Ferguson
Alas it was not to be. While CORPSE BRIDE is indeed a feast for the eyes, the overall effect is rather that of seeing a dearly departed relative in an open casket funeral. Aunt Mabel sure looks great, but all the protean skills of the mortician can't ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Rick Ferguson
Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
[Burton paints] death as a (literally) more colorful plane of existence than life, the ultimate subversive joke in a movie full of them. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer)
The hand-manipulated characters move haltingly, yet the picture always flows, thanks to its engaging story, deft visuals and big heart. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer)
Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Endlessly inventive and gruesomely fun, Corpse Bride is further proof that Burton's imagination only has free rein when there aren't actual human beings in the picture. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Burton and his crew have once again challenged the medium and come with something appealingly unique. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
This vibrantly imaginative mix of horror and humor puts the f-u-n in funeral. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
In terms of technique, composition and film artistry alone, Corpse Bride qualifies as poetry in stop-motion. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) (Greg Maki)
Whether you’re poring over the incredible detail of the images or losing yourself in the charming story, you’ll want to keep your eyes on the screen at all times. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) (Greg Maki)
San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
Corpse Bride is like cotton candy, spun to glisten by happy spiders. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
What makes Corpse Bride sing, ultimately, is the breadth of imagination that it demonstrates; creating a cluttered, textured and mysteriously beautiful world that we're loathe to leave at the end. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride is an instant classic. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
There's a happy Halloween in store even for children who aren't allowed to trick or treat, and it's courtesy of Tim Burton's animated Corpse Bride. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)
Gloomy, but in a beautiful, compelling way. In fact, the visuals sell the film because the story is entertaining but extremely lightweight. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)
Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
[Burton paints] death as a (literally) more colorful plane of existence than life, the ultimate subversive joke in a movie full of them. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
In a nutshell: Burton’s latest macabre puppet show is thoroughly enjoyable, if a little thin on story. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
Denver Post (Michael Booth)
Corpse Bride will win your heart, if it doesn't rip it out of your chest first. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Denver Post (Michael Booth)
MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)
... fans of Burton and/or his (last) Nightmare will find plenty to love... ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)
FeoAmante.com (Shirley Muramoto)
Tim Burton has a history of making movies with a bit of creepy fun - just look at his past works: BEETLEJUICE, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, Tim Burton's A NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, SLEEPY HOLLOW, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (…there's just something ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at FeoAmante.com (Shirley Muramoto)
FilmStew.com (Annlee Ellingson)
Gothically beautiful but epically boring, Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride is a marvel to look at, especially given the arduous method by which it was created, but ultimately, in stark contrast to its 1993 predecessor The Nightmare Before Christmas, offers ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at FilmStew.com (Annlee Ellingson)
Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
Ghoulishness and innocence walk hand-in-hand in Tim Burton's Corpse Bride , a movie that digs into Hollywood's past to resurrect the antique art of stop-motion animation and create a fabulous bauble of a movie. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
USA Today (Claudia Puig)
An unexpectedly touching celebration of love told in a quirky and inventive style. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)
NightsAndWeekends.com (Kristin Dreyer Kramer)
Usually, after watching a movie, I’ve got plenty to say. I’ll comment on characters and plot twists and memorable lines. Whether I liked a movie or not, I usually have something to say about it. But after seeing Corpse Bride, I didn’t have much to ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at NightsAndWeekends.com (Kristin Dreyer Kramer)
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) (Jonathan R. Perry)
Nothing more than an 81-minute in-joke only two people in the world %u2014 Tim Burton and Danny Elfman %u2014 think is funny. But sometimes self-indulgence is the very thing that makes a filmmaker worth watching. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) (Jonathan R. Perry)
Contra Costa Times (Randy Myers)
This Corpse rises to the occasion. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Contra Costa Times (Randy Myers)
Movie Habit (Matt Anderson)
...eye-popping visuals, a raucous score, and a story that puts most live action romantic comedies to shame... ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Movie Habit (Matt Anderson)
Moviola (Jorge Avila Andrade)
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. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Moviola (Jorge Avila Andrade)
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
The Corpse Bride's hypnotic orbs suggest a Kim Carnes hit for Eurohorror fans: She's got Barbara Steele eyes. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
Denver Post (Michael Booth)
Corpse Bride will win your heart, if it doesn't rip it out of your chest first. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Denver Post (Michael Booth)
Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
Ghoulishness and innocence walk hand-in-hand in Tim Burton's Corpse Bride , a movie that digs into Hollywood's past to resurrect the antique art of stop-motion animation and create a fabulous bauble of a movie. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
Movies for Guys
Once upon a time, somewhere around the 19th century in England, a newly rich family is planning to work their way in with the Noble class by marrying their son to the daughter of a local upper class family. What they don't know is this particular family ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Movies for Guys
Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Tim Burton brings his gothic sleight of hand to the big screen for the second time this year, having already enthralled the masses with the magical imagery of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
"Bride" reeks of Burton style, borne of a freakish ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
filmcritic.com (Sean O'Connell)
Comparisons between Tim Burton’s stop-motion endeavors The Nightmare Before Christmas (which he co-wrote) and Corpse Bride (which he co-directed) are inevitable and unfair. The former will always be the Neil Armstrong of this particular animation ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at filmcritic.com (Sean O'Connell)
SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
"Tim Burton's Corpse Bride" returns the director to his roots in the giddy macabre, and what an entertaining homecoming it is.
Using old-fashioned stop-motion animation (which Burton has improved upon since his first foray in "The Nightmare Before ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
Jerry Saravia
Nightmare Before Christmas." Is it as good? Not quite, butit is no downer either and has enough wit and imagination torise above most animated films of late.Johnny Depp voices the lead character, a worrisome wartnamed Victor who's about to get married ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Jerry Saravia
musicOMH (Michael Hubbard)
Corpse Bride, painstakingly filmed as a stop-motion animation, is recognisably Tim Burton's film even without the co-director's name appearing in the title. A dark Victorian romance set in 19th century Europe, it's every bit as black humoured and oddball ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at musicOMH (Michael Hubbard)
Must See Flix (Craig Brown)
Tim Burton returns to the stop-animation stomping grounds of "The Nightmare Before Christmas" with "Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride". As with its predecessor, and to no one’s great surprise, "Corpse Bride" is a weirdly beautiful fairy tale, with stunning ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Must See Flix (Craig Brown)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
When it comes to animation these days, it's all digital. So leave it to Tim Burton to buck the trend. Since the release of his popular collaboration with Henry Selick, The Nightmare Before Christmas, fans have been clamoring for a sequel. Although Corpse ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Reel.com
There's no filmmaker commentary, nor is one missed; this DVD package is just about right as it is. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Reel.com
ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Beautifully animated comedy with strong character work and some great gags, though the plot is disappointingly underdeveloped.The BackgroundAfter the disappointment of Madagascar, 2005 is shaping up to be a very good year for animation. Hot on the heels ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
Tim Burton’s latest animated film, CORPSE BRIDE, is a whimsical bit of the macabre, gussied up with the rapture of first love in both its full flowering and something more sinister. It’s Petit Guignol as light and fluffy as a corner full of cobwebs ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
Bullz-Eye.com
If the animators behind Tim Burton’s love letters to Ray Harryhausen put as much effort into the story they’re telling as they put into the ten-inch stick figures that tell it, they would truly be dangerous. His first stop-motion foray, 1993’s ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Bullz-Eye.com
Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)
Whereas the songs in The Nightmare Before
Christmas easily stole the show from the relatively minor amount of
score in that film, Corpse Bride relies far more heavily on the
magic of its orchestral score to accentuate the raw ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)
TeenHollywood.com (Lynn Barker)
The inside of Tim Burton's head must be a breathtaking place brimming with the grotesque, the beautiful and the grotesquely beautiful. Having perfected the art of mainstreaming his gothic aesthetic, Burton is back with his second major release in as many ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at TeenHollywood.com (Lynn Barker)
The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
The last 15 minutes are terrific, actually, as the dead join the living and the oddball humor bounces off the walls like stink off a corpse. Prior to that much-needed enlivening, the film is fanciful and whimsical, but only marginally entertaining. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
"Tim Burton's Corpse Bride" is not the macabre horror story the title suggests, but a sweet and visually lovely tale of love lost. In an era when most animated films look relentlessly bright and colorful, "Corpse Bride" creates two palettes, and not the ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The Movie Chicks
Victor Van Dort (Johnny Depp) is a shy unassuming man; he is supposed to marry Victoria (Emily Watson) in an arranged marriage. Victor and Victoria actually get to spend a little time together and they are both quite taken - they are very similar, ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at The Movie Chicks
Zertinet Movies (David M. Johnson)
Tim Burton so believably brings his worlds to life, with such a dark, dreamy and dazzling imagination, that we all but take for granted that he has taken us on some of the most delightfully absurd adventures of modern cinema.
The problem is ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Zertinet Movies (David M. Johnson)
Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
The universe on display is consistently compelling: a trifle less brilliant than Nightmare's, perhaps, but possessing unique qualities all its own. The voice work is first-rate, featuring plenty of Burton regulars like Michael Gough and ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
In " Corpse Bride," Tim Burton has taken his love of animation and his obsession with the afterlife, so prominently on display in his 1988 gem "Beetle Juice," and created a unique animated musical treat. In an age where most animated films adhere ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
WhatDVD
Set in a 19th century European village, this stop-motion, animated feature follows the story of Victor (voiced by JOHNNY DEPP), a young man who is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bride, while his real bride, Victoria, waits ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at WhatDVD
DVD-Dweeb.com
Set in a 19th century European village, this stop-motion, animated feature follows the story of Victor, a young man who is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bride, while his real bride, Victoria, waits bereft in the land of ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at DVD-Dweeb.com
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 ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at UpcomingDiscs.com (Brendan Surpless)
/Film (Diana Slampyak)
In Corpse Bride, Tim Burton comes back to life as a director, having disappointed many with his last few outings, Big Fish and Planet of the Apes, and perhaps ushering in a new stop animation film to cult status, as his The Nightmare Before Christmas has. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at /Film (Diana Slampyak)
DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)
There are people that are dark and it’s disturbing to see. Then there are people like Tim Burton who have a style that works and we can’t wait to see what they do next. Burton has long relied on the acting talents of one Johnny Depp in such films as ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)
Premiere Magazine
Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)
Director Tim Burton (with co-director Mike Johnson) returns to the puppet animation of The Nightmare Before Christmas with this impishly macabre tale of a timid young man (voice by Johnny Depp) who inadvertently betroths himself to a dead (yet ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)
Cinema Blend
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride tells the slight story of Victor (Johnny Depp) and Victoria (Emily Watson), two somewhat reluctant young people who are about to enter into an arranged marriage. They both like what they see when they meet, but Victor ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Cinema Blend
Tiscali UK
Coming only months after the release of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride (to give it its full title) might suggest the director has just tossed off this little baby. The truth is, it has been in development for nearly a ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Tiscali UK
Cinema Blend
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride tells the slight story of Victor (Johnny Depp) and Victoria (Emily Watson), two somewhat reluctant young people who are about to enter into an arranged marriage. They both like what they see when they meet, but Victor ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Cinema Blend
Village Voice (Michael Atkinson)
As a Hollywood mogul, Tim Burton has succeeded in molding his devotion to old pulp and antiquated methods into a cooler-than-cool marketing triumph—and though it may be an achievement too often kudoed for its own sake, it is still a welcome sign of ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Village Voice (Michael Atkinson)
The Cinematheque (Kevyn Knox)
With all the charm of any other Tim Burton film - which is to say, not much at all. Sure, his films can dazzle, but rarely do they go any deeper than that (Ed Wood is the lone example). Burton doesn't make bad films, just barely adequate ones. Pretty ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at The Cinematheque (Kevyn Knox)
Thoughts on Stuff
So, the second time in three months, Tim Burton has a new film out. Even though I loved Nightmare Before Christmas, I wasn't that anxious to see Tim go back to stop motion animation. With a few exceptions (Nightmare, Cowboy Bebop) I'm not usually that ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Thoughts on Stuff
Maximum Movies (Max Einhorn)
Tim Burton’s gloomy animated flick brings the dead party animals and the dead-at-heart living together into a fun musical. Johnny Depp voices as the shy and fearful protagonist who has a run in with the dead and ends up marrying a corpse. The film has ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Maximum Movies (Max Einhorn)
The Gate.ca (W. Andrew Powell)
Any time director Tim Burton and Johnny Depp collaborate, the results will be interesting and eccentric and unique. Sometimes the results are great (Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood) sometimes the results are just interesting (Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at The Gate.ca (W. Andrew Powell)
International Walnut
To be perfectly honest there are few sights more heart-wrenching than that of a twenty-something wearing a Jack Skellington beanie, looking more forlorn than usual after a midnight screening of a new Tim Burton film. However, twas last night that I saw ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at International Walnut
DVD Times
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride follows The Nightmare Before Christmas as a distinctive work of stop-animation that includes many of the quirks that accompany any Burton film. Theatrical, musical, and with a touch of the macabre, the film flits between the ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at DVD Times
Celluloid Heroes (Paul McElligott)
The visual imagination of Tim Burton is probably unequalled among today's filmmakers and when he brings it to bear on a project suited to his particular talents, the results are almost always unique and special. Corpse Bride, like Beetlejuice and The ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Celluloid Heroes (Paul McElligott)
Medianook
In a dark, near-monochrome world of carriages, corsets, family fortunes and fishmongers, Victor Van Dort (Johnny Depp), has been promised to Victoria (Emily Watson), daughter of the now penniless Lord and Lady Everglot. On the eve of their wedding ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Medianook
The Film Asylum
Johnny Depp is the voice of the lowly Victor Van Dort, a sad man about to go through an arranged marriage. Victor winds up practicing his vows in a graveyard and places a ring on what he thinks is a twig. It's not a twig though, it's the decomposed ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at The Film Asylum
Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
If you've seen the trailers/commercials, you already know the deal: Victor Van Dort (voiced by Johnny Depp) is about to marry Victoria Everglot (Emily Watson) when he accidentally marries the corpse of a dead woman (Helena Bonham Carter). There isn't ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
One Movie a Day
At once an exhilarating visual feast and a disappointing, shallow story, Corpse Bride is successful in creating an exciting world, but not in exploring it. Its main problem lies in its protagonists, passive characters who mostly wait for circumstances to ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at One Movie a Day
DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
More animation--of a sort--in HD. Yes, of course, it looks good; in fact, it looks darn-near perfect. The question is how much better animation has to look to make a new purchase of a film that one already owns worthwhile. After all, animation shows up ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
16mm Shrine
Tim Burton is my guilty pleasure. I’ll admit that, as guilty pleasures go, it’s not a terribly embarrassing one, especially when contrasted with my other habit of masturbating to autopsy photos of dead relatives, but I’m reticent to admit it ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at 16mm Shrine
DVD Town (Dean Winkelspecht)
One of my favorite films of all time is "Tim Burton´s The Nightmare Before Christmas." It is a film that mesmerizes me each and every time I see the film. The stop motion animation is enchanting, the characters brilliant and the story captivating. I ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at DVD Town (Dean Winkelspecht)
DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)
There are people that are dark and it’s disturbing to see. Then there are people like Tim Burton who have a style that works and we can’t wait to see what they do next. Burton has long relied on the acting talents of one Johnny Depp in such films as ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)
FilmGuru.Net
Within the first 15 minutes of Tim Burton's new animated film Corpse Bride I had completely figured out the plot (along with the so-called "mystery" of the bride's untimely demise). Yet, I was drawn to the film, partially because of the wonderful ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at FilmGuru.Net
Christian Spotlight on the Movies
“Set in a 19th century European village, this stop-motion, animated feature follows the story of Victor, a young man who is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bride, while his real bride, Victoria, waits bereft in the land of ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Jesusfreakhideout.com Movie Reviews
Corpse Bride carries on in the dark, romantic tradition of Tim Burton's classic films Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas. Set in a 19th century European village, this stop-motion, animated feature follows the story of Victor (Johnny ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Jesusfreakhideout.com Movie Reviews
DVD Verdict (Mike Jackson)
Not long ago, I was watching Chris Rock's sitcom, Everybody Hates Chris. In this particular episode, the young Chris's sister is sick and must go to the doctor. It gives the older Chris, as narrator, a chance to talk about how his parents never took them ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at DVD Verdict (Mike Jackson)
hip online
Corpse Bride carries on in the dark, romantic tradition of Tim Burton’s classic films Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas. Set in a 19th century European village, this stop-motion, animated feature follows the story of Victor (Johnny ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at hip online
Hoosier Revue
The movie begins in typical Tim Burton style—drab, grayish colored settings and faintly creepy music, with oddly shaped characters whose features are exacerbated to an extraordinary degree. The opening sequence is a relatively short musical setup for ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Hoosier Revue
Frank's Reel Reviews
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride marks the second collaboration between Johnny Depp and Tim Burton released this year, and boy did we get a treat with each one. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was a great big, delicious concoction that satisfied both ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Frank's Reel Reviews
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
No, this isn't a sequel or a spin-off to Tim Burton's 1993 classic The Nightmare Before Christmas, although it certainly does look like one on first glance. Not that it's a rip-off either, as this is a self-contained movie with its own themes and sense ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Reel Life With Jane
A murder, ghoulish corpse, spooky underworld, bereft bride...yup, sounds like a Tim Burton film. Only HE could take such a macabre story (based on a 19 th century Russian folk tale) and turn it into a kid’s movie. But if you look beyond the surface, ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Reel Life With Jane
The Rewind Forums DVD Review
“The Corpse Bride†is a fantastic contribution to the genre of animated movies. A dark musical tale of true love, betrayal, murder and redemption, it is a wonderful story for both children and adults alike. While the title is somewhat morbid and ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at The Rewind Forums DVD Review
Entertainment Insiders (Stephen Wong)
Victor Van Dorn (voiced by Johnny Depp) is to be married tomorrow. He has never met his bride-to-be Victoria (voiced by Emily Watson), the reasons for the situation remain unlclear, although Victor's parents (Tracey Ullman and Paul Whitehouse) want to ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Entertainment Insiders (Stephen Wong)
Entertain Your Brain! (Shawn McKenzie)
Somewhere in a generic Victorian village in the 19th century, Victor Van Dort (voice of Johnny Depp) is a shy young man who has been promised by his working class fish merchant parents, Nell (voice of Tracey Ullman) and William Van Dort (voice of Paul ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Entertain Your Brain! (Shawn McKenzie)
Bina007 Movie Reviews
Tim Burton’s THE CORPSE BRIDE is a very beautiful, charming movie but I am not sure that charm alone is enough to carry the average adult through 85 minutes of animation. The stop-motion animation looks fabulous but jokes are thin on the ground and ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Bina007 Movie Reviews
Movie Magazine International
A long legged tragic hero gets lost in the forest and falls into a new realm filled with colorful personalities and runs into the animated skeletal remains of his ever-faithful dog. No this isn't a recap of Jack Skellington and Zero from ten years ago, ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Movie Magazine International
Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews (Harry Knowles)
Damn I love THE CORPSE BRIDE! I�ve known of the old Russian Folk Tale of THE CORPSE BRIDE for quite a while � and when I heard they were adapting it into a feature film, I was genuinely curious how they would pad, what is essentially a one page story ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews (Harry Knowles)
MediaScreen.com
As a follow up to Burton's collaboration on "The Nightmare Before Christmas" "Corpse Bride" isn't exactly an idyllic honeymoon. Victor (Johnny Depp)the son of a wealthy store owner (Albert Finney) faces an arranged marriage to Victoria (Emily Watson) the ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at MediaScreen.com
Worldwide DVD Forums - DVD Review
“The Corpse Bride†is a fantastic contribution to the genre of animated movies. A dark musical tale of true love, betrayal, murder and redemption, it is a wonderful story for both children and adults alike. While the title is somewhat morbid and ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Worldwide DVD Forums - DVD Review
digitallyOBSESSED.com (Rich Rosell)
It's sort of strange that oddball hipster Tim Burton goes back to similar stomping grounds with the stop-motion animation of Corpse Bride, a film that seems at first glance like an extension of The Nightmare Before Christmas. In fairness, Nightmare was ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at digitallyOBSESSED.com (Rich Rosell)
filmcritic.com
Comparisons between Tim Burton’s stop-motion endeavors The Nightmare Before Christmas (which he co-wrote) and Corpse Bride (which he co-directed) are inevitable and unfair. The former will always be the Neil Armstrong of this particular animation ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at filmcritic.com
UTK Daily Beacon (Calvin Carter)
After this past summer’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,†Tim Burton and Johnny Depp have returned again with “Corpse Bride,†a visual wonder that’s great in its own right, but just doesn’t quite compare to its semi-predecessor, “The ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at UTK Daily Beacon (Calvin Carter)
Juicy Cerebellum (Alex Sandell)
Corpse Bride is a simple tale that can be summed up in five or six sentences. Nell (Tracey Ullman) and William Van Dort (Paul Whitehouse) have made an arrangement with Maudeline (Joanna Lumley) and Finnis Everglot (Albert Finney) to have their son ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Juicy Cerebellum (Alex Sandell)
RevolutionSF (Gary Mitchel)
I am a nut for The Nightmare Before Christmas. I saw it multiple times in the theatre, dragged many friends to see it, have various bits of memorabilia around my home, and it was the first disk purchased for my DVD player. So when I caught the first ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at RevolutionSF (Gary Mitchel)
Cinema Blend (Joshua Tyler)
Tim Burton had a big hand in making the amazing film The Nightmare Before Christmas, and now he's back to filming claymation ghouls and ghosts in his new movie Corpse Bride. But while this latest dip into stop-motion artistry contains every bit as much ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Cinema Blend (Joshua Tyler)
HorrorWatch
Tim Burton’s long awaited follow up to 1993's “The Nightmare Before Christmas†(and, yes, it really has been that long) is a gruesome tale of love and loss, life and death. Victor Van Dort (voiced by longtime Burton collaborator Johnny Depp) is a ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at HorrorWatch
Moviehole
Arguably, Tim Burton has done more to bring stop motion animation to the largest number of people than any other filmmaker in history. First with "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and now with "Corpse Bride" Burton takes the most popular aspects of ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Moviehole
DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
So, look in "Corpse Bride" for all of Burton's usual trademarks: You'll find the stop-motion animation of "The Nightmare Before Christmas." You'll find the land of the dead from "Beetle Juice." You'll find the dark tone of "Batman" and "Sleep Hollow." ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
Reel.com (Pam Grady)
You'd think by now that Tim Burton might be done with skeletons. After all, in 1993 he wrote and produced The Nightmare Before Christmas, in which Jack Skellington, the King of Halloweentown, attempted to expand his empire to the Yuletide season with ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Reel.com (Pam Grady)
Warcry
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride may not inspire a merchandising line at Hot Topic, but it beats the other schlock currently in theaters. Johnny Depp voices lead Victor, a tall, awkward lad betrothed to the daughter (Victoria) of a family with titles but no ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Warcry
CHUD (Devin Faraci)
Sure to please the legions of kids who have bought every Jack Skellington item at their local Hot Topic. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at CHUD (Devin Faraci)
MovieMaze (Markus Ostertag)
Sci-Fi Weekly
The butterfly essentially introduces the major players in the story, and the song explains the dilemma. The hands of the youth belong to Victor Van Dort (Depp), a tall, frail, pasty-faced wimpy youth who looks a bit like his real-life counterpart, and a ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Sci-Fi Weekly
Joyce's Pix of the Flix
What a sweet movie!" That was my unexpected reaction to Tim Burton's romantic-comedic animated fantasy Corpse Bride.
From the previews and TV ads, I had expected funny, but I was genuinely surprised to discover that a movie that includes a talking ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Joyce's Pix of the Flix
ninth symphony films
Many viewers will have very specific expectations of Corpse Bride given the creepy aura that seems to surround most of his films. Even in his "lighter" feature films, like 2003's Big Fish, there is still a sense of unease that accompanies most of his ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at ninth symphony films
7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)
At the end of “Time Burton’s Corpse Bride,†I found myself feeling the same way I had after first watching “The Nightmare Before Christmas.†While it was a visually stunning and original film, I wasn’t completely satisfied. There was ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at 7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)
The Spinning Image (Graeme Clark)
The parents of timid Victor Van Dort (voiced by Johnny Depp) aren't poor, having come into money, but neither are they rich enough to have an entry into in polite society, so when the chance arrives to marry their only son into a wealthy family they are ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at The Spinning Image (Graeme Clark)
A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
A delightful return to the realm of stop-motion animation for director Tim Burton (see also Burton's collaborations with Henry Selick: "Nightmare Before Christmas" and "James and the Giant Peach"), "Corpse Bride" focuses on Victor Van Dort (voice of ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
Sci-Fi Weekly
Corpse Bride is pretty light on story, but the twisted visuals almost make up for that. Elfman's gothic score matches the feel of the movie quite nicely, with its occasional touches of harpsichord and organ. There are also the trademark Elfman cymbal ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Sci-Fi Weekly
The Trades (R.J. Carter)
Tim Burton once again taps that rich vein of light-hearted darkness that has made his "Nightmare Before Christmas" such an enduring cult favorite of stop-motion animation.
Victor van Dort (Johnny Depp) is a shy, gangly inept young man whose parents ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at The Trades (R.J. Carter)
UKscreen (Jason Korsner)
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Director: Tim Burton
Voices: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Albert Finney, Joanna Lumley, Richard E Grant, Christopher Lee, Jane Horrocks, Paul Whitehouse
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WHAT'S IT ABOUT?
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Victor’s (Depp)’s social-climbing ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at UKscreen (Jason Korsner)
IndependentCritics.com (Richard Propes)
Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride" is a visually stunning, yet tender film centered around Victor (Johnny Depp), a painfully awkward young man who is about to be entered into an arranged marriage by his parents, The Van Dort's (Paul Whitehouse and Tracey ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at IndependentCritics.com (Richard Propes)
Comingsoon.net
Young Victor Van Dort (Johnny Depp) must marry aristocratic Victoria Everglot (Emily Watson) in a typically Victorian arranged marriage designed to save the Everglot's reputation and grant the Van Dort's entrance into the nobility. Of course, no one has ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Comingsoon.net
New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
DVD Verdict (Ryan Keefer)
Written by previous Burton collaborators John August (Big Fish) and Caroline Thompson (Edward Scissorhands), one of the things that separates Corpse Bride from other Burton films that deal with mortality is the tone it employs. Whereas previous Burton ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at DVD Verdict (Ryan Keefer)
Toon Zone (Desslar) DVD
Loving Burton and stop motion I was thrilled to see Corpse Bride garner so many rave reviews. Alas, I find myself merely liking the film. It is undeniably a monumental technical achievement, marrying highly detailed and smooth animation with Burton’s ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Toon Zone (Desslar) DVD
Talking Pictures (UK)
Ah, October. The season of peril for film minded families. October brings Halloween, the season where kids want to suddenly scare themselves silly with horror stories, and parents are left to the challenge of trying to find an Intense movie that won't ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Talking Pictures (UK)
St. Petersburg Times (Steve Persall)
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride compensates for its bare-bones plot with bare bones - skeletons and otherwise decomposed bodies that shake, rattle and roll as only someone so twisted could command. Burton doesn't merely embrace death; he rolls in it like a ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at St. Petersburg Times (Steve Persall)
Homer Yen
But this is not a good thing for the softspoken Victor. He'd rather be in another world and not in a netherworld. He is already betrothed to another, live bridetobe. That would be the prim Victoria (voiced by Emily Watson). She is part of another ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Homer Yen
Las Vegas Review-Journal (Carol Cling)
A bury good time will be had by all.
If that pun triggers a grimace-turned-grin, then Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride" is your kind of movie.
Brimming with deadpan jokes -- and imaginatively ghastly imagery -- Burton's animated tale combines the ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Las Vegas Review-Journal (Carol Cling)
Reel.com DVD review (Bonnie Fazio)
Tim Burton's latest stop-motion offering is a fun, if less-than-great film, suitable for all the Goths and non-Goths in the family.
The rather, er, skeletal story involves a young woman (Emily Watson) and man (Johnny Depp), about to be forcibly wed in ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Reel.com DVD review (Bonnie Fazio)
Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
It's a testament to Tim Burton's vision that even when he blows it, the results are still watchable. Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, a long-cherished project touted as the successor to his beloved Nightmare Before Christmas, doesn't quite blow it, but it ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
A Nutshell Review
Tim Burton and Johnny Depp? Sign me up for it, anytime! I've pretty much enjoyed their collaborations, from Edward Scissorhands to Sleepy Hollow. Hot off the heals from their box-office success Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, their latest ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at A Nutshell Review
Nerve (Adam Ford)
Corpse Bride started ‘life’ as a 16th century Jewish folk tale that was a response to a series of anti-Semitic murders; now it’s been taken on by Hollywood’s master of pop horror and been made into a stop-motion animation with a $40 million ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Nerve (Adam Ford)
CompuServe (Harvey Karten)
“Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride†is a fanciful tale with action and dialogue that proceed with scarcely a breath, an animated look at the corseted Victorian world of rigid class distinctions and an uptight moral code that forbids a man and woman to be ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at CompuServe (Harvey Karten)
DVD MovieGuide
Tim Burton first dabbled in the world of feature animation as the producer of 1993’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. That flick didn’t make much of an impact at first, but it developed a nice following over the years and has turned into a real cult ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at DVD MovieGuide
Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
It's the 19th century and Victor (voice of JOHNNY DEPP) is a young and shy man whose working class parents -- Nell (voice of TRACEY ULLMAN) and William Van Dort (voice of PAUL WHITEHOUSE) -- have arranged his marriage to Victoria (voice of EMILY WATSON) ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
The Cinema Source (Alexis Tuminello)
I think the average person familiar with any of Tim Burton's work would agree that his taste is for darkness and that he does have a penchant for skeletons. Corpse Bride is no different except the dancing, singing skeleton becomes the equivalent of a ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at The Cinema Source (Alexis Tuminello)
Now Playing Magazine (Brent Simon)
If only there were more going on story-wise, Corpse Bride might deserve a better reception. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Now Playing Magazine (Brent Simon)
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
The dead have more fun than the living, again, in Tim Burton’s new stop-motion animated feature, a gift to gothlings everywhere and as exquisitely crafted as one of Federico’s post-mortem still lifes on Six Feet Under, and just as melodramatically ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
InsidePulse.com
The movie tells the tale of a shy, nervous man named Victor (voiced by Johnny Depp), who has been set up by his parents to wed a young woman, ironically named Victoria. While the two have never met, both sets of parents seem to think that the two ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at InsidePulse.com
Mutant Reviewers From Hell
Now, maybe that’s not quite fair. I shouldn’t be comparative right off the bat! Corpse Bride is definitely its own story, even if it does share a lot of the same qualities as Burton’s previous hits. Fashioned after a folk story (Russian, I ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Mutant Reviewers From Hell
Georgia Straight (Paul Myers)
Appropriately enough, Corpse Bride, the wildly imaginative feature-length fairy tale from Burton and codirector Mike Johnson, employs the antiquated process of stop-motion animation, whereby inanimate figurines are meticulously brought to life one ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Georgia Straight (Paul Myers)
Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)
Michael Almereyda's funny, ardent and moving vampire picture, "Nadja," the title character, a downtown-Manhattan descendant of Count Dracula's, sums up the exquisite suffering of her lot: "Life is full of pain. But the pain I feel is the pain of fleeting ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)
Contactmusic
Bride, now the Buzz Aldrin of Burton’s stop-motion movies, strains under the effort to duplicate Nightmare’s success, but it simply lacks that new-car smell. While still inventive in parts, it’s nowhere near as innovative. Burton and collaborator ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Contactmusic
Christian Science Monitor (M. K. Terrell)
This one has many amusing bits, but it's too macabre to be out-and-out funny, and feels unfinished. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Christian Science Monitor (M. K. Terrell)
Mr. Fabulous
How do I begin to describe the unnatural love I feel for The Nightmare Before Christmas? From the moment I saw the Tim Burton-inspired, Henry Selick-directed, Danny Elfman-scored stop-motion Gothic extravaganza, I fell hard and fast. My wife and I bonded ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Mr. Fabulous
Haro Online
Family films stink. People that make them have no idea how children think, and typically dumb down the films so they are "family" in that they are inoffensive. What they need to learn is that children have wild imaginations. They can handle things that ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Haro Online
Film Journal International
For anyone who wondered why Tim Burton's heart didn't seem to be in his recent big-budget remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the answer lies in the cult auteur's second 2005 offering, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride. Where Charlie felt like a movie ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Film Journal International
Cinemalogue.com (Rubin Safaya)
There is a richness of detail in stop animation of which Tim Burton has become, inarguably, a master craftsman. Tim Burton has invited us back to a time before cinema became inundated with computer graphics. I’m not saying that computer graphics ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Cinemalogue.com (Rubin Safaya)
The Sydney Morning Herald
He has starred in four Burton films - Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. And now he voices the lead role in Burton's animated feature, Corpse Bride, opposite the director's wife, Helena Bonham Carter, with ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at The Sydney Morning Herald
Decent Films - faith on film (Steven D. Greydanus)
The story of the corpse bride goes back to a Jewish-Russian folk tale in which a young man, en route to his wedding, sees what he takes for a gnarled stick or tree root poking out of the ground, looking like a bony hand with finger extended like the hand ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Decent Films - faith on film (Steven D. Greydanus)
Foster on Film - Zombies
In a repressed society, meek Victor Van Dort (Johnny Depp) is pushed into a marriage with the surprisingly charming Victoria Everglot (voice: Emily Watson) by his rich and status seeking parents (voices: Paul Whitehouse, Tracey Ullman). Although ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Foster on Film - Zombies
Weekly Reviews (Nathan Weinbender) - Capsule
Strong Opinion
CORPSE BRIDE shows Burton being Burton. The living characters (save for our main love-struck couple) are all shallow, selfish and pious, while the dead characters are lively, caring and funny. But there’s nothing here Burton hasn’t been done before, ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Strong Opinion
The Video Graveyard
Tim Burton is probably the most offbeat mainstream director working today. He was the perfect match for Paul Reubens man-child character Pee-Wee Herman for his debut feature Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, he made death funny with Beetlejuice, he made the ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at The Video Graveyard
Horror & Hilarity
Tim Burton has graced us with yet another wonderfully-funny, animated delight in the form of The Corpse Bride.
Set in the early 19th century, this gem introduces Victor,(Johnny Depp) who, is set to marry Victoria (Emily Watson) in an ‘arranged’ ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Horror & Hilarity
Entertainment Insiders (Eric Lurio)
Ages ago, it seems, Tim Burton did a wonderful little film called “Beetlejuice†about what goes on in the Afterlife. In this version, the dead go on looking like they did at the moment of their deaths, perfect or squashed, cut into pieces or ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Entertainment Insiders (Eric Lurio)
OhmyNews (Brian Orndorf)
On the eve of his arranged wedding to a woman (voiced by Emily Watson) he has just met, Victor Van Dort (Johnny Depp) takes off into the woods to practice his tricky vows. After a successful rehearsal of his lines, Victor realizes he's accidentally ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at OhmyNews (Brian Orndorf)
hoopla.nu
The cast seem to be a list of Burton regulars, check it out - Johnny Depp (Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Helena Bonham Carter (Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Planet of the Apes), Albert Finney (Big ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at hoopla.nu
MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
Victor Van Dort (Johnny Depp) has a problem. During the rehearsal for his wedding to Victoria Everglot (Emily Watson) the befuddled groom proved to be a giant insecure mess, disappearing into the forest trying ever so hard to perfect his vows. In doing ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
ReelTalk (Jeffrey Chen)
Just as I was starting to get complacent with the state of animation, along comes Corpse Bride to show me there's yet more magic to be made with the old art form of creating movement one frame at a time. It's a reminder that this is a medium of limitless ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at ReelTalk (Jeffrey Chen)
eFilmCritic (William Goss)
Victor (Johnny Depp) is a timid young man, soon to be married off by his parents to the equally-shy Victoria (Emily Watson), whom he has never before met. Though Victor and Victoria hit it off during a brief encounter prior to their wedding rehearsal, he ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at eFilmCritic (William Goss)
Latino Review
Having produced the celebrated features "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "James and the Giant Peach", Tim Burton is no stranger to stop motion animation. In fact Burton's association with the technique dates as far back as his 1982 student short ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Latino Review
The Independent (Anthony Quinn)
This clever and morbidly funny animated fantasy continues Tim Burton's fascination (Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas) with the interplay of the living and the dead. Sallow, diffident youth Victor (Johnny Depp) is about to ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at The Independent (Anthony Quinn)
Time Out
‘By Jove, man, looks like we’ve got ourselves a breather!’ The cadaver’s patronising chortle says it all: being alive is nothing to shout about in this, the second stop-motion feature from Tim Burton. In an Orpheus-type story split between the ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Time Out
kids-in-mind
Stop-motion animated feature set in a 19th century town: A young man and a young woman are being compelled to marry without ever having met, because his wealthy but common parents and her poor but aristocratic parents decide that the match will be ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at kids-in-mind
CinemaZone.dk
Der er intet så irriterende som at øve sig i bryllupsritualet en sen nat i en mørk skov, og i stedet for at sætte ringen på en gammel gren i skovbunden, så viser det sig, at den lander på de krogede skeletfingre af en kærlighedshungrende, men ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at CinemaZone.dk
FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark)
Corpse Bride, his first animated film since writing and producing 1993's The Nightmare Before Christmas, continues Burton's adventures into the strange and morbid. Using stop-motion animation techniques with Canon SLR cameras and edited with robust Final ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark)
Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)
Like TIM BURTON'S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE is another brilliant foray into the realm of stop motion animation. The brilliance of this little film lies in its skewed vision of love, matrimony and death, all of which are ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)
The Oregon Herald (Mark Sells)
"A tragic tale of romance, passion, and a murder most foul?" Perhaps. But don't be too frightened by Bojangles' introduction. This animated fable may seem dark and dreadful, but it's really quite pleasant. And family friendly. From the creator of "The ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at The Oregon Herald (Mark Sells)
Plugged In
In a gloomy, gray, Victorian-era village, young Victor and Victoria meet for the first time on the eve of their arranged wedding. His crass parents have “new money,†while her pompous, cash-poor parents have social standing. The shy, sensitive bride ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Plugged In
Reel Talk (Betty Jo Tucker)
Tim Burton’s animated Corpse Bride boasts a touching love story, catchy musical numbers and a haunting message about how dreary life -- and death -- can become without romance. Unfortunately, although an artistic triumph, this quirky and unique film ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Reel Talk (Betty Jo Tucker)
BBC Films
With stop-motion fairytale Corpse Bride, director Tim Burton delivers family entertainment that is "both refreshingly original and enchantingly old-fashioned". Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham-Carter voice the star-crossed lovers who cross the boundaries ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at BBC Films
The Arizona Republic
In the business of fantastic invention, Burton is almost without peer (I'd rank Terry Gilliam and Peter Jackson alongside him). Burton's mastery is borne out by Corpse Bride, an animated puppet film along the lines of Burton's beloved The Nightmare ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at The Arizona Republic
The Aisle Seat (Andy Dursin)
The not terribly compelling or appealing story revolves around a young man named Victor (voiced by Johnny Depp), who’s about to enter into an arranged marriage with a stuffy, obnoxious family named the Everglots. Their daughter Victoria (articulated by ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at The Aisle Seat (Andy Dursin)
Cutting Edge
We weten het al lang, Tim Burton en Johnny Depp gaan samen als onze frieten met mayonaise. Een samenwerking tussen de twee resulteert steevast in een spetterend vuurwerk. Een regel waarop “Corpse bride†alvast geen uitzondering is. Wel bijzonder is ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Cutting Edge
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Some critics considered his summer movie, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," a return to form, but it struck me as another self-conscious effort to be cute on a grand scale. His heart just wasn't in it.
On the other hand, "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride" ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Pajiba (Jeremy C. Fox)
Tim Burton’s fantasies are other people’s nightmares. He’s built his career on a policy of getting cozy with freaks and dead things, whether they’re the ghosts played by Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis in Beetlejuice, the ghoulish grade-Z movie ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Pajiba (Jeremy C. Fox)
eFilmCritic Reviews
As you may know, "Corpse Bride" was painstakingly made using models of the characters which are positioned, photographed, moved slightly, photographed again, and so on, thousands and thousands of times. The feats involved in creating such a film weigh ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at eFilmCritic Reviews
Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
What a joy to slow down and experience the nuances and the oddball delights of this stop-motion-animated feature by Tim Burton! So many of today's animated features are speeding things up and as a result it's often difficult to sort through our emotions ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
It seems odd to praise a film as appealing when it has such strong elements of the macabre — including, arguably, necrophilia. But then, "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride" is pretty odd to begin with.
At times this stop-motion animated feature is ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Slant Magazine - DVD Review
im Burton's Corpse Bride shows that imitation is the sincerest form of flattening. The co-director's fetishistic obsessions with Victoriana and perversity are on full display in this minor-key horror fantasia—and further literalized by naming the lead ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Slant Magazine - DVD Review
Hollywood Gothique
Tim Burton's second stop-motion feature film bears some obvious similarities to THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, but it has almost as much in common with BEETLEJUICE (not to mention touches of EDWARD SCISSORHANDS and the excellent short subject VINCENT). ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Hollywood Gothique
Mediajonez (Andy Spain)
Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride is a wonderfully worthy return to the stop-action animation style of A Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach. Although set against a grim circumstance, the film is generally lighthearted and comical. The ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Mediajonez (Andy Spain)
DVDBeaver
Who else but Tim Burton could make Corpse Bride, a necrophiliac's delight that's fun for the whole family? Returning to the richly imaginative realm of stop-motion animation (after previous successes with The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at DVDBeaver
DVDRAMA
Tim Burton doit être au anges en contemplant cette édition tant l’éditeur respecte au mieux les volontés artistiques du réalisateur. Les couleurs sont éclatantes, permettant ainsi au monde des vivants de trouver un éclat de premier choix. Il en ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at DVDRAMA
Off-screen
Di tutti i registi hollywoodiani con la palma oramai acclamata dell' autore, e in grado quindi di gestirsi con una buona libertà produttiva e poetica, anche in periodo di restrizioni e (auto)controllo, Tim Burton è quello che, insieme a Spielberg e ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Off-screen
SearchSA.com.au (Christina Bruce)
Set in Victorian times, Victoria (Emily Watson) is betrothed to Victor (Johnny Depp), thanks to her aristocratic yet poor, domineering parents Maudeline and Finis Everglot (Joanna Lumley and Albert Finney), who think that if Victoria marries the ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at SearchSA.com.au (Christina Bruce)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
There's something eerily familiar about "Corpse Bride." Beyond the suspicion that producer and co-director Tim Burton is reanimating body parts from "The Nightmare Before Christmas," "Corpse Bride" jolts the part of our subconscious that was molded from ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Once hailed as a "boy genius" with enough gumption to turn Batman into his own darkly personal vision, Tim Burton has lately seemed confused about how to further adapt his singular talent to mainstream entertainment. Sleepy Hollow, Big Fish and Charlie ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Friday & Saturday Review
“Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride†presents death as the ultimate arranged marriage: you can’t get out of it, so you’d better get accustomed to the idea. The movie is a return for Burton to the lovely stop-motion (actually, it’s go-motion) clay ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Friday & Saturday Review
Film 247.net
Unlike 1993's Nightmare, Burton contributes far more than characters and the basic storyline. Sharing directing credit with animator Mike Johnson, he presents a simple story, set in 19th century England, about Victor Von Dort (voiced by Johnny Depp), ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Film 247.net
Film e Dvd
Durante il viaggio che lo porterà dalla sua Victoria per sposarla, Victor, si ferma in un bosco per riposare. Incuriosito da un ramoscello a forma di dito, Victor per scherzo infila l’anello e recita il rito nuziale ma in realtà il ramoscello si ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Film e Dvd
europeanfilms.net
Using the same stop-motion technique that was used on The Nightmare Before Christmas which Burton co-wrote, the long, elongated characters are also reminiscent of that earlier feature and the general mood is vintage Burton, even though the story is ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at europeanfilms.net
www.european-films.net (Boyd van Hoeij)
American director Tim Burton had a big hit earlier this year with the dark children’s fantasy Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which starred Burton regular Johnny Depp. They continue their fruitful collaboration with another dark children’s fantasy: ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at www.european-films.net (Boyd van Hoeij)
Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
"Tim Burton's Corpse Bride" is the filmmaker's stop-motion animation feature about necrophilia that passes for lightweight but slightly perverse family value entertainment. It returns Burton to the 3-D animation of his previous hit The Nightmare Before ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
In Review (Adam Suraf)
There are few director-star-composer trios in film history as prolific and perfectly matched as Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, and Danny Elfman. Some come to mind, like Fellini, Mastroianni, and Nino Rota, or Hitchcock, James Stewart, and Bernard Herrmann, ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at In Review (Adam Suraf)
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Jigsaw Lounge (Neil Young)
Elaborate whimsy is the order of the day in this opulent-looking, frightfully-posh children's fantasy, very loosely based on the Nurse Matilda novels of Christianna Brand (an author best known for old-timey adult-oriented whodunnits like Green For Danger. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Jigsaw Lounge (Neil Young)
Aced Magazine
Victor Van Dort (Johnny Depp), the shy only son of a couple of wealthy canned-fish tycoons, is due to wed Victoria Everglot (Emily Watson), beautiful only daughter of impoverished nobility. Despite never having met before their wedding rehearsal, the ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Aced Magazine
Movie-Vault.com (Mel Valentin)
Loosely based on a Russian-Jewish folktale, Tim Burton's much anticipated return to stop-motion animation filmmaking, Corpse Bride (officially titled Tim Burton's Corpse Bride) offers something for everyone, or rather everyone hoping to re-enter one of ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Movie-Vault.com (Mel Valentin)
Locus Online (Howard Waldrop & Lawrence Person)
I would have loved to sit in on the pitch session for this movie. "It's 'A Rose for Emily,' the animated musical comedy!" It's not often you see family entertainment whose main subtext is necrophilia. If I had to guess, I'd say Tim Burton got this ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Locus Online (Howard Waldrop & Lawrence Person)
Lee's Movie Info (Lee Tistaert)
Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
There are numerous movie in-jokes and references to other films. When Victor sits down at a piano early in the film, the brand name on the piano is shown to be Harryhausen, a reference to Ray Harryhausen, the king of stop-motion animation. Harryhausen's ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>
DirectorTim Burton'sCorpse Brideis a visual marvel, a rich and sumptuous animated film, where almost any single frame would be worthy of freezing and putting up on a wall. Unfortunately all those frames run together making for another confused (and ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>
Moviepie.com
If Tim Burton decided to abandon live-action filmmaking for a career in animation, I’d say, “Bravo!†The wild-haired director is, in my opinion, one of both genres’ most inventive and imaginative artists, as this latest offering ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Moviepie.com
MovieEye.com (Frank Ochieng)
Previously, filmmaker Tim Burton had already made his whimsical mark with the colorfully cheeky children's fantasy Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Now Burton (along with reliable leading man Johnny Depp from Factory) adds spice to yet another ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at MovieEye.com (Frank Ochieng)
BBC Films
It's rare you'll find a life-affirming film about the walking dead, and even less so one that's aimed at children, but Tim Burton's Corpse Bride is just that. Using stop-motion animation to gorgeously ghoulish effect, the creative team who brought you ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at BBC Films
Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
Shy pianist Victor Van Dort (Johnny Depp, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory") is pleased about his arranged marriage to Victoria Everglot (Emily Watson, "Red Dragon") now that he's met her, but after three hours of rehearsal he still can't memorize the ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
moviereview (Colin Fraser)
There’s no doubting the wonder of Tim Burton’s macabre visual sense. It was he who gave Batman back his wings and the world a mutated Pinocchio in Edward Scissorhands. Even Big Fish, for all it’s mawkishness was a marvel of imaginings. Ever fond of ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at moviereview (Colin Fraser)
Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
It's been too long since Tim Burton's last stop-motion gem, The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), but the wait was worth it. This is another wonderfully macabre fable that feels like a timeless classic from the moment it starts.
Victor Van Dort ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
Film Freak Central Review (Walter Chaw)
A self-contained, melancholic, dulcet little ode to love and sacrifice, Tim Burton's stop-motion Corpse Bride is also a sly stab at class systems, a knowing tribute to both the Hammer horror run and the Universal monster tradition, and another of ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Film Freak Central Review (Walter Chaw)
reVision
Emily non respira, il suo cuore non batte, nella scatola cranica ha un verme al posto del cervello, un buffo animaletto che è il suo miglior amico, la sua coscienza, eppure Emily riesce a palpitare per amore, piangere quando capisce che nessuno si può ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at reVision
Cinopsis
Au 19ème siècle, dans un village d’Europe de l’est, Victor est un jeune homme brusquement emmené au Royaume des Morts pour épouser une mystérieuse et défunte Mariée tandis que sa future femme, en chair et en os, l’attend parmi les vivants. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Cinopsis
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
It's certainly a more ongoing issue for the groom in Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride" than for the one in Will Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet." There was no way to reanimate Miss Capulet. Vic's dead fiancee is animated the minute he lays eyes -- and, ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Blunt Review with Emily Blunt
The Corpse Bride is out-of-this-world original. Once again director Tim Burton, along with co-director Mike Johnson here, with their merry band of artisans have created a world askew to view. Based on a Russian tale of lore Burton and the gang bring ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Blunt Review with Emily Blunt
IGN Movies (Jeff Otto)
Story and music are overshadowed by brilliant visuals. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at IGN Movies (Jeff Otto)
Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
It's Tim Burton just as you expect him, and for most of his fans, that's more than enough. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
Uruguay Total (Enrique Buchichio)
(...) Una celebración original y festiva que confirma el bizarro talento de su creador. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Uruguay Total (Enrique Buchichio)
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (Randy Shulman)
A fairy tale with a morbid streak six feet deep. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (Randy Shulman)
Hero Realm (Stefan Halley)
This will probably become a cult favorite ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Hero Realm (Stefan Halley)
Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
The chorus line trips up the story line. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
EnPrimeur.ca (Nicolas Lacroix)
Légèrement décevant mais imprégné de la touche Burton. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at EnPrimeur.ca (Nicolas Lacroix)
Screen Rant (Brian Rentschler)
Dread Central (Andrew Kasch)
Goths and Hot Topic consumers can now rejoice: Tim Burton's Corpse Bride is here at last. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Dread Central (Andrew Kasch)
About.com (Rebecca Murray)
Burton, co-director Mike Johnson, and screenwriters John August, Caroline Thompson and Pamela Pettler don’t bother burying the fact “Corpse Bride†is all about love. Sure, there are dance numbers and adult-oriented jokes, but the fact that this is ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at About.com (Rebecca Murray)
Close-up Film (Stephen Collings)
Barely months since Tim Burton engorged audiences with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s visual feast, Hollywood’s crown-prince of fairytales returns to darken our door with Corpse Bride, an animated musical fantasy in the same Plasticine-mould as ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Close-up Film (Stephen Collings)
CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Alberto Cassani)
Torna sul luogo del "delitto", Tim Burton, realizzando un film con pupazzi animati come già aveva fatto nel 1993 con il meraviglioso "Nightmare Before Christmas". Questa volta, affianca personalmente alla regia Mike Johnson (già animatore per Henry ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Alberto Cassani)
Stumblebum Studios (Dana Place)
An arranged marriage between a young, awkward Englishman and the daughter of a supposedly wealthy family goes horribly wrong when the Englishman bumbles his way through the rehearsal ceremony and the priest refuses to marry them until he can calm himself ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Stumblebum Studios (Dana Place)
Chicago Tribune (Robert K. Elder)
Whether directing apes, aliens, monkeys or the dead, Tim Burton can't stay away from two intertwining themes: the clash of worlds and the allure of any reality that isn't this one. "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride"--his first animated feature since 1993's "The ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Chicago Tribune (Robert K. Elder)
Cinepassion.org
Not quite October yet, but Halloween is in the air. Or at least the whiff of morbidity, cheerfully, enchantingly extended to necrophilia by Tim Burton's latest, Corpse Bride. His second bit of beguiling perversity this year, following Charlie and the ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Cinepassion.org
Xi-online (Jelte Zonneveld)
Een paar maanden na Charlie & The Chocolate Factory is Tim Burton alweer terug met Corpse Bride. Dit morbide, maar vrolijke sprookje, met stemmen van onder andere Johnny Depp en Helena Bonham Carter, kon bijna niet mislukken. Vooral de prachtige ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Xi-online (Jelte Zonneveld)
Voir.ca
Sans être un ratage, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory n'a pas comblé les vrais fans de Tim Burton. Or, ceux-ci n'auront pas attendu longtemps avant d'obtenir compensation. Deux mois après la sortie de Charlie, Burton nous offre Corpse Bride, cosigné ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Voir.ca
Boxoffice Magazine
For much of his career, director Tim Burton ("Beetlejuice," "Batman") has confidently woven together elements of the macabre and gothic romance into a sumptuous comic symphony. Lately, however, he has been plagued by projects that are disastrous misfires ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Corpse Bride suffers from the same problem that has plagued Burton's recent live-action films: for all its formidable razzle-dazzle, it doesn't engage the heart. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
This is the second Burton film this year to feature Johnny Depp in the lead role, following the highly successful and much more enjoyable, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Depp provides the voice for Victor Von Dort, a nervous young man who finds ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
The script tries to edge into the sort of spookily intriguing ideas fairy tales love. But Burton is more interested in grotesque gags than in the characters or the story, which is as cold and lifeless as a cadaver on a slab. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
kvikmyndir.com
Kaupmaður nokkur hefur fundið brúður handa syni sÃnum, Victor. Victor hefur aldrei hitt þessa stúlku en verður sem betur fer ástfanginn af henni eftir að hafa hitt hana og sú ást er endurgoldin. Undirbúningurinn gengur þó ekki sem ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at kvikmyndir.com
Tail Slate (Leitha Matz)
Steve Rhodes
Typical of the movie's gothic humor is a recurring visual about a maggot (voiced by Enn Reitel) who lives in the bride's eye socket. The maggot, who sounds just like Peter Lorre, functions as the bride's conscience, constantly offering her unsolicited ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Steve Rhodes
Scene-Stealers.com (Eric Melin)
“Corpse Bride” is not a complete stiff, but merely a disappointment. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Scene-Stealers.com (Eric Melin)
WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
Burton is left to make Corpse Bride into a visually appealing movie ... but it never has that special moment or feeling that can elevate the movie into greatness. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
Cinema Signals by The Filmiliar Cineaste
Never has so much been done with clay and bones. But, the result leaves one the impression that the concentration demanded by the technique of claymation wizard Nick Park tripped up the story in this Tim Burton Halloweenesque musical. The chorus line ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Cinema Signals by The Filmiliar Cineaste
Zap2it.com (Hanh Nguyen)
It's a fascinating and often amusing spectacle, if short on emotional depth. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Zap2it.com (Hanh Nguyen)
eFilmCritic.com (David Cornelius)
It’s Burton by rote, a by-the-numbers idea of what a Tim Burton fairy tale should be. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at eFilmCritic.com (David Cornelius)
Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
The film does have a fairy-tale aspect, but, like many of its characters, it is more dead and buried than fully alive. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Seattle Weekly (Tim Appelo)
It doesn't stink, but it's a mere technical advance that pales next to Nightmare . The maggot's a Jiminy Cricket manque. And it's just not very animated . ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Seattle Weekly (Tim Appelo)
Netflix (James Rocchi)
Tim Burton's stop-motion idea of a romantic comedy is dead on arrival. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Netflix (James Rocchi)
Seattle Weekly (Tim Appelo)
It doesn't stink, but it's a mere technical advance that pales next to Nightmare . The maggot's a Jiminy Cricket manque. And it's just not very animated . ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Seattle Weekly (Tim Appelo)
TheMovieBoy Review (Dustin Putman)
With visionary filmmaking artist Tim Burton (2005's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory") returning to the realm of stop-motion animation after a twelve-year hiatus, there was no reason to believe "Corpse Bride" would be anything but a worthy, albeit ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at TheMovieBoy Review (Dustin Putman)
Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
It's appropriate that, for a movie so immersed in death, Corpse Bride shows little sign of life. ...read the complete Corpse Bride movie review at Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
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