Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Jamie Campbell Bower

After being sent away by Judge Turpin, Sweeney Todd a.k.a Benjamin Barker returns to London with the help of a sailor, Anthony Hope. He opens a barber shop above Mrs. Lovett's Meat Pie Shop, where she...( read more  read more... ) sells "the worst pies in London." With the help of Mrs. Lovett, Todd means to rid London of the corrupt aristocracy, and hopes to be reunited with his daughter, Johanna, who is now Judge Turpin's ward.

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  • ironclad1609
    December 25, 2009
    ironclad1609
    While I am not a big fan of musicals and therefore are not familiar with the stage version of this, it sounded pretty interesting, considering the amount of great names that got together for this film. And the first hour delivers wonderfully gloomy Burton-entertainment, with grea...( read more)t costumes, set design, camera work and even the songs are better than feared. Sadly, the second half goes pretty crazy with violence, (incredibly fake looking) blood and doesn't leave a lot of love or care for the characters. The ending is particularly pointless, but of course the stage musical is probably to blame for that. What remains is decent entertainment with great acting performances, but it's definitely nothing for the faint-hearted or people hoping for lovable characters and a happy ending.
  • vierasesine
    October 14, 2009
    vierasesine
    I must say, Sondheim is not really a lyrical genius - and in a musical good lyrics are quite important. Fortunately the music itself was beautiful and, at times, gloriously pompous, and therefore saved a lot. I was especially put off by the song 'Pretty Women'. Whereas cinematogr...( read more)aphically that scene is quite the eye candy, with all the wonderful angles and everything, the song is just such drivel I find it hard to believe that they chose to keep it in the film. Helena Bonham-Carter's musical performance wasn't always exactly top notch either, but I don't think it was meant to be either, and therefore do not really mind.


    The rest of the film delightfully gloomy and dark - and gory!

    (This scene: http://www.flixster.com/servlet/embed/photo/link/10561474
    Oh how much I love it!)
  • SirPant
    October 1, 2009
    SirPant
    I didn't really like the music so I can't say I really enjoyed the film. Its filmed nicely by Burton and the acting is good, I just wasn't that enamoured by it.
    I did like Sacha Baron Cohen's performance a lot though, shame it was so short!
  • Chiefilms
    September 24, 2009
    Chiefilms
    Dark musical brought to the big screen. Naturally directed by Tim Burton using darkness the whole movie, which you would expect. 1st half of the money kind of sets up the latter half which consists of blooooooooooood, razor killings. Tons of blood, lovely songs juxtaposed wit...( read more)h bloooood, crazy.
  • Passenger1986
    August 29, 2009
    Passenger1986
    I've never been too keen on musicals, mostly because a huge amount of them are chirpy films where people who break into song and dance are common. The singing doesn't bother me but how exactly do the bystanders around them suddenly possess expert dancing moves? Well, I guess that...( read more)'s why we have suspension of disbelief. Suffice it to say, I run like Hell from Mama Mia and High School Musical. For me to watch a musical, it needs to have something more than just the singing. Enter Sweeney Todd. Its hook? A dark and bleek tale that just happens to contain singing. And it's a Burton/Depp team-up. If that isn't a good omen, I don't know what is.

    Almost immediately, we're treated to the vocal stylings of Johnny Depp and they are impressive indeed as is the lyrical content of the song. This should be a good indicator of the film's nature if you have not seen any trailers or looked it up on IMDB beforehand.

    Helena Bonham Carter is superb in her singing here and the song she and Depp sing after he has found his razors is a duet you can only dream of. She's a strong and cunning character and it's quite touching to see her be a mother figure to young assistant Toby (Edward Sanders).

    Perhaps the most surprising vocals belong to Sacha Baron Cohen, who plays showman extraordinaire Pirelli. He has one of the best songs in the movie and his character is amusing to watch. And it may be worth noting that the light colours of his clothes match the nature of his song, boisterous and flashy (this could further extend to other characters, Johanna for example. Notice that most of the main characters wear dark clothing or something of simple colour. It may seem like a simple observation but I think it's interesting anyway).

    If I have anything against this film, it's that Alan Rickman and Timothy Spall don't get much of a chance to exercise their singing voices. Their acting is masterful, of that I have no doubt, but I was eager to hear them sing some more, even if it were in the form of a soliloquy.
    But I guess we can't have everything.

    All in all, an outstanding musical and another triumph for Burton and Depp.
    I actually feel that if the world were to end and they were the only two people left on Earth, they would still make movies. And they would be brilliant.
  • cheylianie5
    December 31, 2009
    cheylianie5
    love the moviee! one of the bests movies of johnny depp :)
  • shannyflum
    December 31, 2009
    shannyflum
    Not my type of musical.
  • mkvalentin
    December 30, 2009
    mkvalentin
    Love that movie! I got the soundtrack to it. Oh and you got to love Sacha Baron Cohen in it. NOPE IT WASA DA POPE!
  • mhasler19
    December 27, 2009
    mhasler19
    this is so great! but the story is so tragic.
  • OmenSG
    December 26, 2009
    OmenSG



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    ...( read more)arter underwent extensive vocal lessons and studied baking in preparation for her role.
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