Genre:
Fantasy
Theatrical Release: 09/16/2005(USA
Release Date: 01/01/2001
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time:
Flags: Adult Language, Watch With Your Kids, Scary Moments
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Tim Burton returns to the dark but fanciful animated style of
The Nightmare Before Christmas with this stop-motion
black comedy.
Victor (voice of
Johnny Depp) lives in a small European village in the 19th century, where he is pledged to marry
Victoria (voice of
Emily Watson), a partnership arranged by their parents. The two only meet the day before their scheduled nuptials, and
Victor performs disastrously in the wedding rehearsal. Later that evening, while he is walking through the woods and hopelessly practicing his vows, he puts
Victoria's wedding band on what looks like a branch.
Victor quickly discovers this was a big mistake; as it happens, he has put the ring on the skeletal finger of the enchanted
Corpse Bride (voice of
Helena Bonham Carter), who then whisks him off to a dark and mysterious netherworld where they are now married.
Victor is frightened in the land of the dead, and even realizes that he has fallen in love with his true fiancée
Victoria, so he searches for a way back to his own world. Directed by
Tim Burton in collaboration with animator
Mike Johnson,
Corpse Bride features a stellar voice cast, including
Albert Finney,
Christopher Lee,
Richard E. Grant,
Joanna Lumley, and
Danny Elfman (who also composed the film's musical score). ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
;)
