Corpse Bride
Corpse Bride (also known as Tim Burton's Corpse Bride) is a 2005 British-American stop-motion animated musical dark comedy film directed by Mike Johnson and Tim Burton with a screenplay by John August, Caroline Thompson and Pamela Pettler based on characters created by Burton and Carlos Grangel. The plot is set in a fictional Victorian era village in Europe. Johnny Depp leads the cast as the voice of Victor, while Helena Bonham Carter voices Emily, the titular bride. "Corpse Bride" is the third stop-motion feature film produced by Burton and the first directed by him (the previous two films, "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "James and the Giant Peach", were directed by Henry Selick). This is also the first stop-motion feature from Burton that was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was dedicated to executive producer Joe Ranft, who died in a car accident during production.
Corpse Bride
Liam Lacey of "The Globe and Mail" gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Ghoulishness and innocence walk hand-in-hand in Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride", a movie that digs into Hollywood's past to resurrect the antique art of stop-motion animation and create a fabulous bauble of a movie." Jack Mathews of the "New York Daily News" gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying "Stop-motion animation may be the hardest and most tedious job in Hollywood, but the makers of Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride" deserve a couple of years in Tahiti celebrating their effort." Lou Lumenick of the "New York Post" gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying "Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride" is an instant classic." Lisa Rose of the "Newark Star-Ledger" gave the film three out of five stars, saying ""Corpse Bride" offers unclassifiable enchantment." James Berardinelli of "ReelViews" gave the film three out of four stars, saying "As animated films go, this is easily the best of a weak year." Peter Howell of the "Toronto Star" gave the film four out of four stars, saying "If his "The Nightmare Before Christmas" from a dozen years back was a treat for the eyes and mind, Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride" goes double or nothing by being a delight for the ears and also the heart." Joe Williams of the "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" gave the film a B+, saying "Beneath the bone pile of allusions, "Corpse Bride" is a darkly enchanting fable in its own right."