The King of Darkness, aka Tim Burton, is back with another stop motion wonder, even though this one doesn’t marvel as much as Nightmare Before Christmas.
The Gist: A wedding of convenience arranged by two sets of greedy parents for two very timid souls is upended by the arrival on the scene of a cadaverous bride who believes the groom just married her.
The movie is technically impeccable and in spite of the glaring differences between this type of animation and the computer generated one we’re more accustomed to, it’s well made and endearing.
The vocal cast is great and the score, by longtime Burton collaborator Danny Elfman, a perfect accompaniment.
The Bottom Line: Although it suffers when compared to Christmas, Corpse Bride is an entertaining animated film that perhaps shouldn’t be shown to the littlest ones because after all one of the main characters is still a dead (and rotting) body.
Grade: 7
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