While it took 36 years for Beetlejuice 2 to officially happen, Tim Burton's hit 2005 movie already felt like the spiritual successor to Beetlejuice.

“Corpse Bride” has more warmth and appeal than its title would indicate, but it is finally more grotesque than good-humored. And, even at 75 minutes, it feels longer than its content can ...

At times Corpse Bride is very much a kid's movie bursting with the boisterous musical numbers, then it veers into a morbid mess of images which may be too intense for that younger audience. The end ...

With Tim Burton, it is understood that you're going to take a walk on the macabre side: a creepy guy with blades for hands; a cross-dressing auteur; a campy chocolate factory owne ...

Visually, "Corpse Bride" is a tour de force that superbly mimics the conventions of live-action film. The character design, set direction, camera movements and especially the lighting are first-rate.

compiled by Jeffrey Overstreet from Film Forum, 09/22/05 Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride opened in New York and L.A. last week, and will expand to screens across the U.S. tomorrow.

The Corpse Bride may be frigid by definition, but the movie sails on because she’s a charmer. Her skeleton hand has the cutest habit of popping off during the romantic bits.

The Corpse Bride herself, though lovely, has a hole in her cheek revealing skull bone, plus a friendly maggot living in one eye socket. After initial shock, most kids will get used to the ...

Burton blitzed the Lido with wife Helena Bonham Carter, who voices the bride, but sans co-star Johnny Depp, expected to tubthump the Warner Bros. pic in Toronto.

In "Corpse Bride," this archetype is occupied by Victor Van Dort (voice of Johnny Depp), an awkward, shy young man who, despite being clearly unprepared for marriage, has been betrothed to the ...

After a week of strong limited play, Warner Bros.’ “Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride” will expand to 3,204 theaters. Walt Disney, meanwhile, launches “Flightplan” at 3,424.