Corpse Bride (2005)

Corpse Bride rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.4/10· 324K votes

Rotten Tomatoes85%

Metacritic83%

TMDb7.589/10· 10K votes

With 85% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.4/10 on IMDb and 83/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Corpse Bride

In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living.

Cast of Corpse Bride

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  Johnny Depp

  as Victor Van Dort (voice)

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  Helena Bonham Carter

  as Corpse Bride (voice)

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  Emily Watson

  as Victoria Everglot (voice)

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  Tracey Ullman

  as Nell Van Dort / Hildegarde (voice)

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  Paul Whitehouse

  as William Van Dort / Mayhew / Paul the Head Waiter (voice)

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  Joanna Lumley

  as Maudeline Everglot (voice)

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  Albert Finney

  as Finis Everglot (voice)

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  Richard E. Grant

  as Barkis Bittern (voice)

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  Christopher Lee

  as Pastor Galswells (voice)

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  Michael Gough

  as Elder Gutknecht (voice)

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  Jane Horrocks

  as Black Widow Spider / Mrs. Plum (voice)

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  Enn Reitel

  as Maggot / Town Crier (voice)

Corpse Bride facts

Budget

$40M

Box office

$118.1M

Our take on Corpse Bride

Directed by Mike Johnson, this 2005 stop-motion fantasy sends a young man on the eve of his wedding into the underworld, where a mysterious corpse bride claims him as her husband while his living fiancée waits in the world above. Set in a 19th-century European village, it braids melancholy romance with playful macabre invention, contrasting a drab land of the living against a livelier realm of the dead. The animation and fairy-tale mood suit viewers who like their whimsy tinged with sadness, and families comfortable with gently gothic imagery. If you enjoy fantastical love triangles and handcrafted design, this tender, offbeat piece will reward you.