Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (PG, 2005)

This is my favorite movie of all time, next to Disney's Tarzan. Corpse Bride is the tale of a boy named Victor and a girl named Victoria, who are in an arranged marriage organized by their respective sets of parents (both of whom are only marrying off their children in the hopes of inheriting wealth and other fortune from the other family). Victor and Victoria are at first not happy about their set marriage, but they soon start warming up to each other through little sweet moments such as exchanging flowers and playing the piano together. During the wedding rehersal, Victor screws up his vows so many times that the pastor angrily sends him out of the chapel to go practice. Victor practices his vows in the forest, and everything goes smoothly as he's practicing...up until he slips Victoria's ring on a fingerlike "branch" in the ground that happens to be the finger of dead Emily, aka the Corpse Bride! By doing this (saying vows and giving ring), Emily is now married to Victor, and she awakens (through a slow, creepy, zombielike scene where she claws her way out of the ground). She chases Victor, kisses him, and he faints. When Victor wakes up, he finds himself in the Underworld with a bunch of skeletons and corpses that live there, and the adventure just escalates from there... Now, it seems a bit outrageous, but it's really just a spooky little Halloween film; a love story with Tim Burton's signature macabre touch. The stop-motion animation is wonderful, the voice-acting is fantastic, and the songs (did I mention that it's a bit of a musical?) are awesome and catchy. Some scenes are a bit frightening, but it's all just really cartoon violence with a bit of a darker feel. Morals are okay- though the parents seem to only care about their image and themselves most of the time, little moments show that they care for their children. Or, at least Victor's parents seem to, haha. There's also a bad guy, but his motives are easy to see and it's very obvious that he's not a role model, as you'll find out in the movie. Long review, I know, but read some of the other reviews on here, preview the movie, and make your final judgement. The Corpse Bride is a wonderful film for Halloween.

I loved it.A little spooky but not too creepy.

I love this movie, and I made it a personal goal for it to go into our house. It's smart, well put together, and fun! You understand how the characters feel. I don't think it would be too scary for most people, a few gross things here and there, but that was pretty much the idea. It shows the living world to be dull and gray, and the deads world alive and vibrant. Dang it Tim Burton can you do any wrong?

1 word: AWESOME

Wow, just wow. Another amazing film pulled out of the Tim Burton hat. Even if children are scared by monsters, all the corpses in this film are presented in a positive light, and they're all fundamentaly "good." My 7 year old cousin watched this, and it actually helped her overcome her fear of monsters! Teenagers will apprieciate the storyline more, and how sad it actually is. One of my favourite films, I'd reccommend it to anyone!

Tim Burton does no wrong in my book and he's succeeded so well in making this stop-motion (my favorite kind of) animated movie. I loved "Coraline" "Curse of the Were-Rabbit" and "Fantastic Mr. Fox," and this totally original film ranks up there with one of the best stop-motions of all time. Its got a great message, not cliched, that you really will find true love, dead or alive.

Emily is actually very lovely,and a wonderful role model. (Spoiler) Some scenes in which a character dies of smoking. Barkiss drinks poison that Victor was to drink , so he can marry Emily. Alfred the skeleton quotes the famous line "Frankly my dear I don't give a"

This is a great movie for all ages. It is about this deceased girl named Emily who falls in love with a living man [forgot his name, srry]. It's very sweet, all of it. I love this movie.

It is a very good movie so get ur mum to get it for you but i 6+ mighit be a bit scary for vewiers