Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

Pros: Unique, entertaining story.
Cons: Not for everyone. Few minor things left unanswered.

Tim Burton has developed a reputation for making entertaining movies that are a bit strange. Burton did work as an animator for Disney before going out on his own. He was involved in the making of The Nightmare Before Christmas, an animated ...

Pros: animation, music, story, vocal talents
Cons: predictable, some images not suited for all children

In this day and age of glitzy computer-generated animation that is often more dazzle than it is story, Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride is a refreshing change. It’s got a terrific story with fine characters, done in stop-motion ...

Pros: the music of Danny Elfman
Cons: messed up story, dark in premise and appearance, too short to cover its bases

The title alone is enough to scare people away from seeing the film, and I think part of Tim Burton's intended humor is lost on a theater-going crowd that wants to understand what they are getting into. My first viewing of a preview for his film ...

Pros: Funny, engaging, great music and characters, very good DVD extras...
Cons: ... a bit predictable, would have liked it to be longer...

Tim Burton has long established himself as one of the most innovative creative forces in Hollywood, and in The Corpse Bride this shines through more than ever. It’s a stop-motion production and the puppets and sets are fantastic. In one of ...

Pros: Excellent visuals, original story
Cons: The music isn't catchy, too short

Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride is a very twisted stop motion animated film featuring the voices of Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter. Burton’s unique visual style is injected into this movie just like it appears in his live action films. I expected ...

Pros: a colorful sequence in Hell that would have made an excellent short
Cons: lifeless tedium that is both predictable and short

Tim Burton is an American original, a writer-director with a vision so unique it classifies as a brand. Whatever their success, few writers or directors - of any age - have managed to become what Tim Burton has become: a popculture icon. It is for ...

Pros: Amazing Animation. Clever at times. Mildly amusing.
Cons: Utterly boring. Not the slightest move from the mold... except for the dead people.

It’s hard to put my finger on exactly where “Corpse Bride” goes wrong, and perhaps that’s part of the problem. Pick any part of the formula, and it’s hard to be disappointed. Welcome to Tim Burton’s new theory of film. Once a new hope in the movie ...

Pros: artistic, amusing secondary characters, voice cast - especially Depp
Cons: pretty short, songs not as memorable as in Nightmare Before Christmas

Tim Burton is a most unconventional director. His movies are skewed and stylized – and superb. Last year was a big year for him. While I saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as soon as it hit theaters, I did not get the chance to experience ...

Pros: Fabulous visuals, animation, caricatures. Mercifully, it was only 76 minutes long.
Cons: Absence of a plot. Absence of character development. Predictable ending.

Last night, I went to see Tim Burton's Corpse Bride with my husband and our eleven year old son. I have positive memories of Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands, so I had high hopes for this newest of Burton's films. Alas, my hopes were dashed. The ...

Pros: Animations, Burton's imagination, acting.
Cons: Too short and the movie feels empty.

Put yourself in the shoes of Johnny Depp for a minute or two. Imagine that today is the day you'll marry the woman of your dreams. Imagine you and her are at the altar saying wedding vows. Imagine you forget yours and some crazy incidents happen in the ...

Pros: Interesting plot concept, great puppetry and use of colors
Cons: Helena Bonham Carter, could be funnier

Corpse Bride tells the story of Victor Van Dort (voiced by Johnny Depp) and Victoria Everglot (voiced by Emily Watson). The couple is to be united in prearranged marriage, and hits it off surprisingly well. Unfortunately, while Victor is out in ...

Pros: Clever, funny, stunning, beautiful
Cons: Perhaps frightening or startling for smaller children

Tim Burton is well known for taking light, cheery tales and turning them on their head...or vice versa - taking dark, morbid situations and turning THEM on their head - witness The Nightmare Before Christmas and Edward Scissorhands. So you won't be ...

Pros: Fabulous visuals; excellent vocal work by stars Johnny Depp, Emily Watson, and Helena Bonham Carter
Cons: Lively but decaying dead characters may scare younger audience members

In Tim Burton's CORPSE BRIDE, a merry "tale of passion, romance, and murder most foul," Emily (Helena Bonham Carter) is the vibrant titular heroine. Deceased but under goofy circumstances engaged to the shy and living Victor Van Dort (Johnny Depp), she ...

Pros: Animation and Voicing
Cons: Music and Plot

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride looked promisingly like the Nightmare Before Christmas with excellent animation and an interesting plot. And with Danny Elfman at the music helm, how could you possibly go wrong? Weeell, the plot is really not there as ...

Pros: Stunning animation; terrific script, voices, and music
Cons: Too macabre for some tastes--but that's Tim Burton for you

It’s a (typical) paradox in Gothic director Tim Burton’s career that it took a meticulously timed stop-motion animation film to loosen him up. But after many years in which it seemed that Burton got lost in the woods of his own lugubrious style, Tim ...