Corpse Bride

2005 • 1h 17m •

Romance Fantasy Animation

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★ 7.6/10

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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.

"There's been a grave misunderstanding."

Top Billed Cast

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)

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2025-11-07

The “Van Dort” family have the name but no cash, the “Everglot” family are the nouveau-riche sort who crave respectability and so when needs must, they arrange a mutually beneficial marriage between “Victor” and “Victoria” - perhaps Dame Julie Andrews might sing at the wedding? Well, before we even get that far, the young “Victor” finds his wedding rehearsal in the dark forest sees him unwittingly betrothed to someone altogether bonier, and she is determined to hold onto her new man. Now ensconced in the underworld with an whole new batch of friends, he has to find a solu...