Corpse Bride

‘Corpse Bride’ is not a spooky tale of some evil spirit, instead it takes us to the land of dead which actually is a colorful and festive place and introduces us to some whimsically comical characters. Selflessness and noble sacrifice emerges as the main theme and no wonder, then, that the dead are the good here.

Movie having very short run of around 75 minutes is taught and engaging. The scene, where Victor screws up his wedding vows and finally puts up the wedding ring on dead hand of corpse bride thinking it to be a root of some old barren tree is amazing. The animation is mostly superb. From start to finish the movie is a visually stunning. The whole animation experience is pretty soothing to the eyes and the brain. The corpse bride surely makes her earn our sympathy as well as even touch our sentiments for her fate. It was extremely easy to see Johnny Depp as Victor with floppy hair, thin body frame and sunken cheeks. The Corpse Bride was also a lovely but rotting young lady who rises out of the ground to claim her groom and drag him down into the Land of the Dead. Before the film comes to a more-or-less happy ending, movie delivers a couple of musical numbers (which I found pretty bring), some amusing characters and few good natured but dark jokes about death and decay.

The scenes in the Land of the Dead are moderately funny, but become repetitious as most deal with skeletons and dead people dropping body parts — it’s only funny the first two or three times. Movie seemed to make some profound statement about love and loss, but it gets buried in the clutter of all so-called funny business. Movie doesn’t carry much of gravity or substantial content but still ‘Corpse Bride’ is worth that extra time and effort. Corpse Bride gives life to its animated characters, even the dead ones.

My Rating:6.5/10
Entertainment Value:70%