Tim Burtons Corpse Bride (Full
Screen Edition) starring Johnny
Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily
Watson, Tracey Ullman, Paul
Whitehouse
Corpse Bride
Who else but Tim Burton could make Corpse Bride, a necrophiliacs delight
thats fun for the whole family? Returning to the richly imaginative realm of
stop-motion animation (after previous successes with The Nightmare
Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach), Burton, with codirector
Mike Johnson, invites us to visit the dour, ashen, and drearily Victorian
mansions of the living, where young Victor Van Dort (voiced by Johnny
Depp) is bequeathed to wed the lovely Victoria (Emily Watson). But the
wedding rehearsal goes sour and, in the kind of Goth-eerie forest that only
exists in Burton-land, Victor suddenly finds himself accidentally married to
the Corpse Bride (Helena Bonham Carter), a blue-tinted, half-skeletal
beauty (how pleasantly full-bosomed she remains!) with a loquacious
maggot installed behind one prone-to-popping eyeball. This being a Burton
creation, the underworld of the dead is a lively and colorful place indeed,
and Danny Elfmans songs and score make it even livelier, presenting
Victor with quite a dilemma: Should he return above-ground to Victoria, or
remain devoted to his corpse bride? At a brisk 76 minutes, Burtons
graveyard whimsy (loosely based on a 19th century Russian folktale)
never wears out its welcome, and the voice casting (which includes Tracey
Ullman and Albert Finney) is superbly matched the films gloriously
amusing character design, guaranteed to yield a wealth of gruesome toys
and action figures for many Halloweens to come. --Jeff Shannon
A friend loaned this to me. I avoided seeing it, though I was curious
because of its Oscar nomination. This is one of the sweetest love stories
Ive seen in years. The dead people are fun and energetic; the live people
are as boring as mud (as depicted). There are totally believable (voiced)
performances from good guys Depp, Bonham Carter & Watson, and the
great Michael Gough. What made this different, and special from Burtons
other animated films, is Danny Elfmans wonderful score, and especially
the tribute to Gilbert & Sullivan. So clever, so intelligent. So unusual...it
was the dead singing of their happiness. Lets just hope that little kids dont
think its cool to be dead. Its really a wonderful and sweet story, and, if kids
listen, its better to be alive. Making fun of the English, its a tough call to
say if Curse of the Were-Rabbit deserved that award. I loved both films. Im
sorry I put this one on the back-burner. Id hate to think Im a snob...
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