“Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride” doesn’t really need the first two words in its title. After all, who else’s corpse bride might this be confused with? “Garry Marshall’s Corpse Bride”? “Chris Columbus’ ”?

This stop-motion film is set in a fictional town in Victorian England. It follows a young man named Victor Van Dort (Johnny Depp) and his journey of participating in an arranged marriage with Victoria ...