Page

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

❚ We may earn commission from links on this page. Our editorial is always independent (learn more).

Watch trailer

01:02

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

Save

Summary

Animated fantasy directed by Tim Burton and featuring the voices of Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp and Albert Finney. As he prepares for his arranged marriage to Victoria Everglot, Victor Van Dort goes into the woods to practise his vows and unwittingly slips the ring onto the finger of a corpse. How will he explain to his fiancée that he has married another - and that she happens to be dead?

Ad

Powered By

IMDB

Review

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Leslie Felperin

Made around the same time as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, this wonderful fantasy appeared in what was a vintage year for fans of the director. This exquisitely crafted example of stop-motion animation puts a hip spin on a Russian folk tale, with shy Victor Van Dort (voiced by Johnny Depp) wandering into the woods to practise his marriage vows and ending up hitched to a corpse (Helena Bonham Carter) - a passionate, blue-hued beauty with a maggot living in her eye. She whisks him off to a curiously vibrant subterranean land, but this enchanting world and his new bride's increasingly apparent charms are little comfort to Victor when he'd rather be married to his living, breathing fiancée Victoria (Emily Watson) above ground. There's a strong resemblance here to Burton's previous foray into feature animation, The Nightmare before Christmas, but this time the gothic morbidity is tinged with more sweetness, and the consistently funny and often lyrical script is far better.

imdb-square

7.4/10

How to watch

Loading

Streaming

Credits

Cast

rolenameCorpse BrideHelena Bonham CarterVictor Van DortJohnny DeppFinis EverglotAlbert FinneyLord Barkis BitternRichard E GrantPastor GalswellsChristopher LeeMaudeline EverglotJoanna LumleyVictoria EverglotEmily WatsonNell Van Dort / HildegardeTracey UllmanWilliam Van Dort / Mayhew / Paul the head waiterPaul WhitehouseElder GutknechtMichael GoughBlack widow spider / Mrs PlumJane HorrocksBonejanglesDanny Elfman

Show more

Crew

rolenameDirectorTim BurtonDirectorMike Johnson (2)

Details

Theatrical distributor

Warner Bros

Released on

2005-10-21

Languages

English | English

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

Ad

Ad

Ad