Corpse Bride
2005 | 77 min | Romance, Fantasy, Animation
Why it’s a Saturday Special
It earned strong reviews (84%), audiences rate it highly (7.6/10) and it's still drawing plenty of interest. A strong pick for the weekend.
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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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsStrong
84% on Rotten Tomatoes, 83 on Metacritic
- AudiencesStrong
7.6/10 from 11K viewers
- AwardsSolid
0 wins, 3 other nominations — nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Feature; nominated for Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature
- Box office & staying powerSolid
$118 million worldwide on a $40 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
532K Wikipedia readers in the past year
Where to watch in US
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Trailer
Cast & crew
Directed by Mike Johnson, Tim Burton
- Johnny DeppVictor Van Dort (voice)
- Helena Bonham CarterCorpse Bride (voice)
- Emily WatsonVictoria Everglot (voice)
- Tracey UllmanNell Van Dort / Hildegarde (voice)
- Paul WhitehouseWilliam Van Dort / Mayhew / Paul the Head Waiter (voice)
- Joanna LumleyMaudeline Everglot (voice)
- Albert FinneyFinis Everglot (voice)
- Richard E. GrantBarkis Bittern (voice)
- Christopher LeePastor Galswells (voice)
- Michael GoughElder Gutknecht (voice)