In the same vein as EDWARD SCISSORHANDS and NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, Tim Burton continues to combine wholesome comedy and creepy horror with this tale of a mild-mannered... more
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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 Giant Peach, Burton, with codirector Mike Johnson, invites us to visit the dour, ashen, and drearily Victorian mansions of the living, where young Victor Van Dort, voiced by Johnny Depp, is bequeathed to wed the lovely Victoria. But the wedding rehearsal goes sour and, in the kind of Goth-eerie forest that only exists in Burton-land, Victor suddenly finds himself accidentally married to the Corpse Bride, voiced by Helena Bonham Carter, a blue-tinted, half-skeletal beauty with a loquacious maggot installed behind one prone-to-popping eyeball. This being a Burton creation, the underworld of the dead is a lively and colorful place indeed, and Danny Elfman's songs and score make it even livelier, presenting Victor with quite a dilemma: Should he return above-ground to Victoria, or remain devoted to his corpse bride? At a brisk 76 minutes, Burton's graveyard whimsy never wears out its welcome, and the voice casting is superbly matched the film's gloriously amusing character design, guaranteed to yield a wealth of gruesome toys and action figures for many Halloweens to come. --Jeff Shannon
Actor(s): Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter, Emily Watson, Albert Finney, Richard E. Grant
Director(s): Tim Burton, Mike Johnson
Genre: Comedy
Classification: 12 years and over
Production Year: 2005
Running Time: 1 hour 14 minutes
Consumer Advice: Contains mild scary scenes
Video Category: Feature Film
Release details
DVD Region: Region B
Studio(s): WARNER HOME VIDEO; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Release date: 23/04/2007
Catalogue No: BD 82850
Barcode: 7321900828505
Screenwriter: John August, Pamela Pettler
Composer: Danny Elfman
Producer: Tim Burton, Laurie Parker, Allison Abbate
Languages
Main Language: English
Technical information
Special Features: Interactive Menus
Sound: Dolby Digital
Animated: Animated
DVD Description
In the same vein as EDWARD SCISSORHANDS and NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, Tim Burton continues to combine wholesome comedy and creepy horror with this tale of a mild-mannered Victorian gentleman, Victor (Johnny Depp), who accidentally marries a mysterious corpse bride (Helena Bonham-Carter) instead of his intended, Victoria (Emily Watson). Victor soon discovers that the Land of the Dead holds more fun than frights and begins to fall in love with his innocent bride. Meanwhile, Victoria has been drawn into a scam of a marriage and may not escape with her life. As time runs out for everyone, can there be a resolution where everyone gets what he or she deserves? Building on their past productive relationship (EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, ED WOOD), Tim Burton and Johnny Depp create a colourful riot of a film that revives the increasingly rare method of stop-motion animation. Over the period of 10 years that Burton worked to complete the film, new techniques were created to speed the process, including a new way to change the character models' facial expressions by using gears in their heads. Of particular note is the lilting score by Danny Elfman, another longtime Burton collaborator. Fun for adults and children, CORPSE BRIDE is another welcome walk through Tim Burton's twisted mind.
Advantages: Brilliant Disadvantages: not as good as nightmare before christmas
...CorpseBride is another one of Tim Burton's masterpieces, the plot line is like in true Tim Burton style a little strange, it's about a man, Victor(Johnny Deep) marries a corpsebride(Helena Bonham Carter). Victor tries to get back up to his wife to be Victoria(Emily Watson). The two worlds that Burton has created is nothing like i have encountered before. The "downstairs underworld" is much more colourful and cheerful then the "upstairs living world", which appears to be very grey and dark. Of course in true animation style there are many good songs. Unfortunately, this film isn't as good as his original film Nightmare Before Christmas. The casting is amazing as Tim casts his soon to be actor and actress which are signature to him....
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Advantages: a light hearted funny family film Disadvantages: N.A
...a handsome young jonney depp plays a scared young man trying to get his vowels right. When he does get them right he finds himself talking to a dead bride that had his ring on her finger.
This tim burton film is one i can watch over and over again. Tim burton has outdone himself again from edward scissor hands and beetle juice to upping his game to nightmare before christmas to producing such films as the corspe bride and now the fantastic film of sweeny todd. If you get a chance to see both of these films then go for it as i first seen corpsebride at the cinema and it was so much better than i expected and the same with sweeny todd. TIM BURTONS FILMS ARE ALL FUNNY BUT THIS COMEDIC HORROR IS DEFINITLY ONE TO SEE AND GET !!...
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Advantages: You'll enjoy a great film Disadvantages: There aren't any
...This film is about Victor van dort and Victoria Everglot who are to be married for financial reasons only but the wedding rehearsal doesn't go according to plan. Victor flees into a sinister looking forest that could only have been imagined up by Tim Burton, to practice his vows but he ends up marrying the corpsebride, Emily instead! a blue tinted bride with her bones on show and a chatterbox maggot that comes out of her eye socket, as her eyeball is always falling out.This film is perfect for the whole family! If you love Tim Burton's other creations such as the The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach you'll love this exciting and hilarious film. There are some fantastic actors doing the voices of the characters such as the voice of Victor is the one and only Johnny Depp, the voice of Emily the corpsebride...
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