Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
86 %
Reviews Counted: 191 Fresh: 165 Rotten:26 Average Rating: 7.7/10
Consensus:
Full of pith and Grand Guignol grossness, this macabre musical is perfectly helmed and highly entertaining. Tim Burton masterfully stages the musical in a way that will make you think he has done this many times before.
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Theatrical Release: Dec 21, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $52,829,046
Synopsis: With its rivers of blood, this adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical isn't for the faint of heart--or stomach. But thanks to the black humor, impeccable production design, and gorgeous music, Tim Burton fans will want to sing after seeing SWEENEY TODD. For his sixth collaboration with... [More]
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Jamie Campbell Bower
Director: Tim Burton
Screenwriter: John Logan
Producer: Richard D. Zanuck, Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, John Logan
Composer: Stephen Sondheim
Screenwriter: John Logan
Producer: Richard D. Zanuck, Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, John Logan
Composer: Stephen Sondheim
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Reviews
A dark, brooding horror-musical-comedy that hits all the right notes.
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07/13/08
I cannot wait to go see this film again and I really want to buy the soundtrack.
06/01/08
The movie belongs to Depp and Bonham Carter, who dance slowly and seductively against the backdrop of Burton's London until it's time to paint the town red.
05/29/08
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05/22/08
Burton has done that rare thing -- turned a great play into a great film.
05/10/08
Sweeney Todd ranks among this year's most intense, haunting, and startling films; the fact that it also features great songs by Stephen Sondheim is just gravy on the meat pie.
05/01/08
Another bizarre and beautiful excursion courtesy of one of Hollywood's most creative minds.
04/16/08
Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, and Helena Bonham-Carter have made so many films together that they're starting to resemble each other.
04/09/08
We all knew Johnny Depp could act. The brilliantly imagined Sweeney Todd shows he can sing, too.
04/09/08
The most accomplished almost-remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari since the passing of the silent era.
04/01/08
Depp as the malevolent, pasty faced serenading barber chopping away at assorted customer throats while in razor rage meltdown, can't seem to carry a tune quite as impressively as a deadly weapon. Could bring beards back into fashion in a jiffy.
03/30/08
It's not a bad film -- grading on a curve, it's actually rather enjoyable. But Burton-Depp devotees salivating for a bleak holiday blockbuster need to dial down their expectations.
03/06/08
The difference here is that film audiences are used to blood. So some of the chilling effect is lost...
03/04/08
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a dark and terrifying love story, as much a horror film as a musical extravaganza.
02/28/08
Musical-haters don't have to endure glorious kicklines (Hairspray) and opera lovers can focus on the leads' close-ups. If someone sees the movie and then goes to see a stage production, the enormity of this play will blow their brains open.
02/16/08
Un musical soporífero y sangriento que parecía ideal para la macabra imaginación de Tim Burton, pero que resulta una verdadera decepción.
02/13/08
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