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Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005)
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Reviews Counted: 175 Fresh: 147 Rotten:28 Average Rating: 7.3/10
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As can be expected from a Tim Burton movie, Corpse Bride is whimsically macabre, visually imaginative, and emotionally bittersweet.
Runtime: 87 mins
Theatrical Release: Sep 23, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $53,337,608
Synopsis: In the same vein as EDWARD SCISSORHANDS and NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, Tim Burton continues to combine wholesome comedy and creepy horror with this tale of a mild-mannered Victorian gentleman, Victor (Johnny Depp), who accidentally marries a mysterious corpse bride (Helena... [More]
Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter, Emily Watson, Albert Finney, Richard E. Grant
Director: Tim Burton
Producer: Laurie Parker, Tim Burton, Allison Abbate
Screenwriter: John August
Director: Caroline Thompson
Screenwriter: Pamela Pettler
Composer: Danny Elfman
Producer: Laurie Parker, Tim Burton, Allison Abbate
Screenwriter: John August
Director: Caroline Thompson
Screenwriter: Pamela Pettler
Composer: Danny Elfman
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Fabulously innovative, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride is a complex combo of fantasy and whimsy.
11/11/05
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08/16/07
Burton thinks in intuitive images, and there are sights here that I would love to have framed on my wall.
07/30/07
Burton definitely follows his own deliriously surreal path that may be more decipherable to a shrink than a movie critic.
03/31/07
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06/24/06
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Gloomy, but in a beautiful, compelling way. In fact, the visuals sell the film because the story is entertaining but extremely lightweight.
02/24/06
...the visuals are so good and the voices so colorful, you probably won't mind the film's minor shortcomings.
01/17/06
There are wonderful voice performances all around...and the animation, particularly of facial expressions, sets a new level of technical accomplishment...but the humor in Corpse Bride feels underpowered...
12/15/05
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.
11/28/05
After the bloated hit-and-miss feel of many of Burton's recent live-action work it is a joy to experience this throwback to the glory days.
11/22/05
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.
11/21/05
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
11/13/05
This is another joyously morbid fairy tale from Tim Burton. The mock morbidity is a lot of fun, and it all comes to a heartwarming ending.
11/12/05
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