Great Tim Burton Look

Rating: 6/10 (11 October 2013)

Victor Van Dort and Victoria Everglot are arranged to be married. The Van Dorts need the social status. The Everglots are broke and need the new money even if it smells like fish. The regimented rehearsal wedding goes terribly wrong. Victor goes off to practice his vows. When he places his ring on the finger of a corpse, he finds himself married to the deceased Emily, and he is transported to the world of the dead.
The Tim Burton stop-motion animation is impeccable. The real world is very grey, and the dead world is colorful. It starts off in a horribly stuffy ugly world that looks very tired. The lead is a meek guy. It looks interesting but the story isn't that compelling.
The dead world looks much more imaginative. It's definitely much more colorful. I didn't particular care for any of the songs. They all sound like Broadway rejects. I didn't like any of the characters, but I didn't find them that compelling to hate either. I certainly wouldn't want to stay in the dead world. It wasn't even a close call since Victoria seems to be such a sweetheart.
However I've got to give it credit for it's great Tim Burton style. And the characters have that weird Tim Burton sense and sensibility. It's a better movie to see than to follow as a story.