TIM BURTON’S CORPSE BRIDE
A film by Tim Burton, Mike Johnson
w/ Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson
Rated PG
1hr 57min
Victor (Johnny Depp) and Victoria's (Emily Watson) families have arranged their marriage. Though they like each other, Victor is nervous about the ceremony. While he's in a forest practicing his lines for the wedding, a tree branch becomes a hand that drags him to the land of the dead. It belongs to Emily, who was murdered after eloping with her love and wants to marry Victor. Victor must get back aboveground before Victoria marries the villainous Barkis Bittern (Richard E. Grant).
It is a romance first and foremost, dressed up with Halloween-y scares, spooky supernatural elements, and Tim Burton's usual Hot Topic aesthetic (I mean this in a very good way).
Petrana Radulovic
Polygon
The animation is exquisite, the songs captivating and the macabre story is told with just the right amount of sweet and spook.
Charlotte Harrison
Charlotte Sometimes Goes to the Movies
w/ Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson
Rated PG
1hr 57min
Victor (Johnny Depp) and Victoria's (Emily Watson) families have arranged their marriage. Though they like each other, Victor is nervous about the ceremony. While he's in a forest practicing his lines for the wedding, a tree branch becomes a hand that drags him to the land of the dead. It belongs to Emily, who was murdered after eloping with her love and wants to marry Victor. Victor must get back aboveground before Victoria marries the villainous Barkis Bittern (Richard E. Grant).
It is a romance first and foremost, dressed up with Halloween-y scares, spooky supernatural elements, and Tim Burton's usual Hot Topic aesthetic (I mean this in a very good way).
Petrana Radulovic
Polygon
The animation is exquisite, the songs captivating and the macabre story is told with just the right amount of sweet and spook.
Charlotte Harrison
Charlotte Sometimes Goes to the Movies
