Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride (2005)
84%RT Audience Score: 77%
Awards & Nominations: NA
As can be expected from a Tim Burton movie, Corpse Bride is whimsically macabre, visually imaginative, and emotionally bittersweet
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride is a delightfully spooky and heartwarming tale that will make you want to dance with the dead. With stunning animation and catchy songs, this film is perfect for adults who still have a love for Halloween and all things macabre. It’s a romance that will make you swoon and a celebration of Victorian morbidity that will make you smile. So grab some popcorn, turn off the lights, and get ready to fall in love with a corpse.
Production Company(ies)
Paramount Pictures, Georgetown Productions Inc., Sean S. Cunningham Films,
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
Calabria, Italy
MPAA / Certificate
Year of Release
2005
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:2.39:1
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Runtime:1h 16m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Sep 23, 2005 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 31, 2006
Genre(s)
Fantasy
Keyword(s)
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Worldwide gross: $12,901
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $12,901
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 3,134
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 1,407
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend:
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Helena Bonham Carter – The Corpse Bride (Voice)
Emily Watson – Victoria Everglot (Voice)
Tracey Ullman – Nell Van Dort, Hildegarde (Voice)
Paul Whitehouse – William Van Dort, Mayhew, Paul The Head Waiter (Voice)
Joanna Lumley – Maudeline Everglot (Voice)
Tim Burton – Director, Producer
Mike Johnson – Director
Allison Abbate – Producer
Pamela Pettler – Writer
Caroline Thompson – Writer
Director(s)
Tim Burton, Mike Johnson
Writer(s)
Pamela Pettler, Caroline Thompson
Producer(s)
Allison Abbate, Tim Burton
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (198) | Top Critics (47) | Fresh (167) | Rotten (31)
This may be light family entertainment, but it’s also a pleasingly perverse celebration of Victorian morbidity.
June 29, 2022
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
As fun as the film occasionally is, it just plays like a compilation of greatest hits.
August 16, 2007
Dave Calhoun
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
If Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was Burton’s big picture for 2005, this is his miniature.
April 1, 2006 | Rating: 4/5
Kim Newman
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
All in all, it’s what you would ordinarily call an uplifting experience.
January 17, 2006
Sandra Hall
Sydney Morning Herald
TOP CRITIC
If you have a pulse, you’ll love it.
October 11, 2005 | Rating: 4/5
Stella Papamichael
BBC.com
TOP CRITIC
They just keep going through the same things over and over again. The songs are forgettable.
September 26, 2005
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
TOP CRITIC
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).
October 20, 2021
Petrana Radulovic
Polygon
A fine mix of rot and romance.
September 18, 2021 | Rating: 3/4
Matt Brunson
Film Frenzy
The animation is exquisite, the songs captivating and the macabre story is told with just the right amount of sweet and spook.
November 6, 2020
Charlotte Harrison
Charlotte Sometimes Goes to the Movies
A sweet, moving fantasy, clearly geared towards adults over kids – a quality many of the most effective children’s diversions tend to follow.
September 29, 2020 | Rating: 8/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
A visually stunning, yet tender film.
September 5, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4.0
Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com
There is something about hand-crafted art that lends it a special enchantment.
February 28, 2020
Kathi Maio
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction…
Plot
In Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, a nervous groom-to-be accidentally finds himself in the land of the dead and must escape before he is forced to marry a corpse bride.
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