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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
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Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman

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 sells "the worst pies in London." With the help of Mrs. Lovett, Todd means to rid London of the cor... (read more)

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R, 1 hr. 56 min.
Directed by: Tim Burton
Release Date: Dec 21, 2007
DVD Release Date: Apr 01, 2008

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13 hours ago
It does not hold a candle to the original musical, but Depp's voice was spectacular. The soundtrack,alone, took me.
20 hours ago
didn't really like it. i didn't mind the gore and blood tho. it was just to dark, sad, and gloomy for me. i did like johnny depp's character tho. he always has the most interesting roles.
22 hours ago
My favorate movie EVER!
2 days ago
I am a big fan of Johnny Depp's, and this actually has an amazing cast--Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Laura Michelle Kelly, etc. And I do like the stage play version. But I've never been a big fan of the music in this, and the actors were not... (read more)
2 days ago
One of my favorites of Johnny's. Who knew the man could sing?

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712 days ago
Pete Hammond, Maxim
Unparalleled visual splendor, a bloody red-velvet fever dream of a musical for people who think they HATE musicals.
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712 days ago
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
This Sweeney Todd is all subtext and no substance. It starts off large and swaggering but doesn't know where to turn next: Burton seems fixated on serving up an event, to the extent that he neglects to dig into the story.
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712 days ago
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com
If there were a cinematic version of a harmonic convergence, it would look something like "Sweeney Todd."
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712 days ago
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
By all means go, and be prepared for a holiday musical like no other.
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713 days ago
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
It combines some of Tim Burton's favorite elements: The fantastic, the ghoulish, the bizarre, the unspeakable, the romantic and in Johnny Depp, he has an actor he has worked with since Edward Scissorhands and finds a perfect instrument.
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