More Creepy Fun from Tim Burton

Rating: 8/10 (26 September 2005)

"Corpse Bride" is probably not quite as good as Burton's previous stop-motion masterpiece "The Nightmare Before Christmas," but that would be a tough act for anyone to follow (though actually, he didn't direct "Nightmare" himself, so it's not really a direct comparison). "Bride" has the same phantasmagorical look, the same delightful attention to detail, and the same sense of morbid fun that the earlier movie has. It's got a few Danny Elfman songs that sound very much like the ones he composed for "Nightmare" and are probably the film's biggest weakness. But the voice-overs are terrific and the whole thing is thoroughly enjoyable.
Grade: A-