MPAA Rating: PG
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Director: Tim Burton and Mike Johnson
Actors: starring the vocal talents of Johnny Depp as Victor, Helena Bonham Carter as Corpse Bride and Emily Watson as Victoria.

Victor and Victoria are a shy young couple about to wed, thanks to an arranged marriage. On the eve of their wedding, Victor bumbles through his wedding vows and retreats to the forest to practice. While in the forest he places the ring on a low hanging twig which turns out to be the finger of a dead woman named Emily. Thinking Victor wants to marry her, Emily takes him away as her husband to the colorful, lawless Land of the Dead. Poor Victor must figure out a way to get back to Victoria without breaking the heart of the sweetly decaying Emily.

Victor demonstrates kindness and a willingness to sacrifice for the one he loves. However, this whimsical, puppet-animated film paints an incorrect picture of what happens when people die. In the movie, the world of the living is portrayed as dull, boring and dead, whereas the land of the dead is a place of singing, dancing and partying.

Kids should compare this image to what the Bible says: “Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people” (Hebrews 9:27-28). Hell is not going to be a party for those who reject Christ. The Corpse Bride shows the necessity of sacrificing for those you love, but it does not ultimately point to Jesus — the only way to heaven.

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