FILM REVIEW
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Voices of Helena Bonham
Carter, Johnny Depp, Albert Finney, Michael Gough
Classification: 10M
Running Time: 76 min
Opens On: 28 Oct 2005
Corpse Bride carries on in the dark, romantic
tradition of Tim Burton’s classic films Edward Scissorhands and The
Nightmare Before Christmas.
Set in a 19th century European village, this
stop-motion, animated feature follows the story of Victor (voiced by
Johnny Depp), a young man who is whisked away to
the underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bride (voiced by Helena
Bonham Carter), while his real bride, Victoria (voiced by Emily
Watson), waits bereft in the land of the living.
Though life in the Land of the Dead proves to be a lot more colourful than
his strict Victorian upbringing, Victor learns that there is nothing in
this world, or the next, that can keep him away from his one true love.
It’s a tale of optimism, romance and a very lively afterlife, told in
classic Tim Burton style.
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