It's Watchable

Rating: 4/10 (18 February 2020)

I felt compelled to write this review after seeing how many 9s and 10s this movie is receiving. Let's get it out of the way right now: this movie is not a 9 or a 10. Look, if you're a Tim Burton superfan you'll likely enjoy this film. It's watchable and the animation is pretty cool, as always.
The plot though. I don't understand how Burton made this much of an amateur move. Victor never seems to have any serious attraction in either woman. Sure, he and Victoria are getting chummy over the piano, but there's not much more than that. It's never established, anywhere in the film, that Victor and Victoria have grown to really like or love one another. And for confirmation of this, prior to Victor getting married to Victoria, he's totally read to DIE so he can marry Corpse Bride.But wait, that's not where the problems end.
he relationship between Corpse Bride and Victor is probably more poorly developed than Victoria. Here's a woman he basically kidnapped him and refused to return him to his family and wife. Victor obviously has no interest in her early on due to him lying to her in order to get out of the land of the dead. The only indication Victor's feelings for her have changed is the duet (who would have guessed?). He then falls for her deeper when she says she doesn't want to kill him (what an angel!). But of course, he clearly never was deeply in love with her as he doesn't fight her when she decides marriage isn't right and encourages him to marry Victoria.
These are giant gaping holes in the basic development of the money. It's also a bid boing and the scores aren't particularly good.