The least of the Burtons

Rating: 4/10 (30 October 2005)

With Burton recreating the style of 'A Nightmare Before Christmas' expectations are high. Sadly they are not delivered. It begins swell and well with the preparations for the wedding of the son of a new-rich fish mongers family and the daughter of bankrupt noblemen. He fails doing anything right in front of the parents so he runs away into the forest to practice where something most unfortunate happens. Up till now, check.
Next we go to the land of the dead and the style suddenly appeals more to a 12 year old than anyone else. The corpse bride has a worm in her eye sockets and this is the most irritating "caracter" in an expected movie since Jar Jar Binks. Blah. And the French waiter head, well..
Elfman does a good job. Animation is state of the art stop motion. The rest is at worst terrible. Yes there were some spine chilling sequences, but on the whole, disappointment.