The Corpse Bride is not The Nightmare Before Christmas. The visuals are less distinguished, the songs don’t stand out, and the story just kind of chugs along.
Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was made from the original book, not the first film. Johnny Depp’s Willy Wonka is the creepy misfit he should be.
Any project that involves a partnership between Johnny Depp and Butthole Surfer Gibby Haynes is bound to be weird, and, on that level, P doesn’t disappoint.
Lovingly shot in a dreamy, period-accurate black and white, the film follows Wood, played exquisitely by Johnny Depp, as he seeks fortune in tinsel town.