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Tim Burton's Corpse Bride [2005]
from Warner Home Video
starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter, Emily Watson, Albert Finney, Richard E. Grant
directed by Tim Burton, Mike Johnson

Features:

• Animated
• PAL

Editorial Review:

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 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

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• brilliant!!!
  a beautiful film that can be enjoyed by children and adults alike. the cast is great and i loved the animtion, these
  things make up for a slight lack of story line but it is still a wonderful movie!

• Beautiful, dark and interesting
  Dark, gothic, beautiful animation, and a quirky collection of songs and dialogue are the main characteristics of this interesting and appealing Tim Burton animated feature.
  Adults and children alike can enjoy this, and appeciate it's dark, gothic beauty.

• Tim Burton's at its finest
  I have been a fan of Tim Burton for a long time and was blessed when my wife offered me this title as a present.
  A tale of true love set in a the now typical Burton phantasmagoric world, full of delightful surprises for the eyes and the ears.
  A comic and sensitive love story that should please the little ones for its dynamic and funny characters while the not so little will appreciate the subtleties of the characterisation and mise en scene.

• A delight..!
  The film Corpse Bride by Tim Burton is in many ways a true delight. The puppets and the techical details have been improved since the Nightmare berfore Christmas, and visually it is fantastic, with an elegant use of colours. And of course, the story itself is wonderfully tragic, highlighted by a verey strong voice performance by Helena Bonham Carter, who really gives life to the dead! The music in the film is made by Danny Elfman, and it is in many ways very suitable, with some beautiful piano pieces,... more info

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