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All teen and kid reviews for Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

Age
8
Average rating based on 51 kid and teen reviews:
  • 35% say violence is an issue
  • 33% say there are positive messages
  • 31% say there are positive role models
Kid, 10 years old
January 4, 2011
 
tweens and up
I loved it.A little spooky but not too creepy.

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Teen, 15 years old
January 3, 2011
 
Fun, creepy, enjoyable, awesome.
It's been a while since I've seen this, but from what I remember, I LOVED IT. A great story, spectacular visuals, outstanding animation, and Johnny Deep has an amazing voice acting skill. Tim Burton is amazing when it comes to stop motion. Wish more could do it like him (I'm looking at you, Seth Green.) A

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Kid, 13 years old
January 31, 2010
 
Perfect for everybody
Movie is really good!And it's not scary!Most 9 years old kids can handle!

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Teen, 15 years old
March 31, 2010
 
Perfect for kids and adults of all ages!
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.

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Teen, 16 years old
March 10, 2010
 
A sad story, but very well-told and a great Halloween movie.
This movie came out when I was ten and didn't scare me at all (it was sad though); even though Johnny Depp's in it, he's only a voice actor so little kids don't have to actually see him (I'm fourteen and his live action get-ups frighten me a bit; for small children I'm sure he's the equivalent of the Grudge lady!). :) There is a theme of death in the movie, but nothing graphic or too overly upsetting It's sad though, because the title character (the corpse bride named Emily) was waiting for her fiance to meet her by this tree so they could elope, but he never came, and she died. She pulls this guy named Victor into the Underworld and they soon find themselves engaged to be married, but Victor has another fiancee back in the world of the living, so he has to make a decision-- quick. I found it to be a really sweet (though depressing at times) movie, and I really loved it. It's a good movie for Halloween.

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Teen, 15 years old
January 18, 2011
 
Not that scary of a film
I really liked it. It had awsome animation. Also a great story and good characters. Two thumbs up!

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Teen, 15 years old
December 26, 2010
 
Pure Unquestionable Genious
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?

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Teen, 17 years old
July 24, 2010
 
perfect for kids and teens
it was entertaining for a cartoon and i really loved it

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Teen, 16 years old
February 15, 2010
 
Loved it!
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!

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Kid, 11 years old
July 1, 2010
 
Perfect for everyone
1 word: AWESOME

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Teen, 18 years old
March 10, 2011
 
Love this movie
It is Tim Burton it is going to be odd so expect that.

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Teen, 16 years old
April 22, 2011
 
Dark, Beautiful Love Story
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"

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Teen, 16 years old
October 28, 2010
 
Not too scary
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.

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Teen, 15 years old
September 18, 2010
 
Its a Scary/Sad Comedy! (Spoliers!) and funny, I'm usually agents things like this..
Its pretty scary, I once watched it when a friend was over, and when Emily's hand reached out from the ground and grabbed him, we jumped back ten feet from the tv. But it's funny too, even though their are dead people with organs even hanging out (do NOT eat when watching it I warn you) they're all friendly. Its the LIVING that are depressing, the dead are all happy and colorful. The headless waiter freaks me out though, I want to knock him off of the counter. Emily is a pretty bubbly person for being dead and dumbed, always giggling and forgiving Victor for running off like a baby. Victor (Johnny Depp) is a wimp, kinda spineless, so you can guess his reaction when he saw Emily. You can't really understand all of what Victor is saying, but I'm sure its very inlightning. Victoria's parents freak me out more than the dead people do... (shivers) the lady is just... very strangely shaped, the dad, who I like more, looks like a frog, but he's funnyer. I'd suggest ages ten and up, also Victors other bride to be Victoria ends up being paired with a murderor, and he threatens to kill her (for the money of course!) but Victor puts a stop to it, and the killer ends up stabbing Emily (it obviously doesn't affect her) - he is the one that killed Emily by the way. And he ends up dying (un gory-ish, and then he ends up being shoved into a room by the dead people that want to beat him up) Emily ends up understanding Victor loves Victoria, and allows it to happen, besides the only way her and Victor could wed was if he died, which Emily didn't want that to happen, and I think she goes to Heaven. Its really good.

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Kid, 12 years old
July 18, 2011
 
why tim burton, why?
worst movie ever. sat through 25 min then turned it off due to lack of interest. this movie is not scary at all and is a very big disappointment considering all the wonderful movies that Tim Burton has made. contains iffy content like the older women have breasts that come out of there dresses. love story about a ghost and a soon to be groom played by Johnny Depp. this movie is a hit or miss . also contains drunk skeletons .this is not to be offensive it is just an opinion.

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Kid, 12 years old
March 28, 2011
 
Great, Great Movie
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.

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Kid, 13 years old
February 23, 2011
 
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

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Teen, 16 years old
January 14, 2011
 
it was actually really cool i thought even though while watching i thought it was creepy,really creepy i just couldnt like away. it wass interesting

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Teen, 14 years old
September 10, 2011
 
Great Movie For Tweens and Up
Might be a bit too scary/violent for younger kids. But tweens and teens enjoy it. I did!

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Teen, 18 years old
November 27, 2010
 
Yes.
I just love "The Corpse Bride!" Such a good movie! The underworld scenes are spectacular. I like that the living world is gray and seems more dead than the dead world, which is full of vibrant color and parties, etc.

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