Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 77 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living.
- skeleton
- love triangle
- cheating
- wedding vows
- shyness
- arranged marriage
- marriage
- grave
- villain
- bride
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Johnny Depp
Victor Van Dort (voice)
Helena Bonham Carter
Corpse Bride (voice)
Emily Watson
Victoria Everglot (voice)
Tracey Ullman
Nell Van Dort / Hildegarde (voice)
- Paul Whitehouse — William Van Dort / Mayhew / Paul the Head Waiter (voice)
- Joanna Lumley — Maudeline Everglot (voice)
- Albert Finney — Finis Everglot (voice)
- Richard E. Grant — Barkis Bittern (voice)
- Christopher Lee — Pastor Galswells (voice)
- Michael Gough — Elder Gutknecht (voice)
- Jane Horrocks — Black Widow Spider / Mrs. Plum (voice)
- Enn Reitel — Maggot / Town Crier (voice)
- Deep Roy — General Bonesapart (voice)
- Danny Elfman — Bonejangles (voice)
- Stephen Ballantyne — Emil (voice)
- Directed
- Tim Burton, Mike Johnson
- Written
- John August, Caroline Thompson, Pamela Pettler
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 10,394 ratings
- Studio
- Tim Burton Productions, LAIKA, Patalex Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures, Will Vinton Studios
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
