Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
    2007

    Synopsis

    The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.

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    Cast

    • Johnny DeppSweeney Todd
    • Helena Bonham CarterMrs. Lovett
    • Alan RickmanJudge Turpin
    • Timothy SpallBeadle
    • Sacha Baron CohenPirelli
    • Jamie Campbell BowerAnthony
    • Laura Michelle KellyLucy / Beggar Woman
    • Jayne WisenerJohanna
    • Ed SandersToby
    • Gracie May WeldonBaby Johanna

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Newsweek

      Depp is such a soulful presence he gives you a glimpse of this maniac's pain and pathos. Bonham Carter is extraordinary. She reinvents Mrs. Lovett from the inside out.
    • 90

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Teaming with Depp, his long-time alter ego, Burton makes Sweeney a smoldering dark pit of fury and hate that consumes itself. With his sturdy acting and surprisingly good voice, Depp is a Sweeney Todd for the ages.
    • 90

      L.A. Weekly

      Tim Burton has taken a hallowed classic of the modern musical theater, hemmed in the narrative from well over two hours to well under, cast confessed nonsingers in the principal roles, and somehow managed to make something magical out of it
    • 88

      Rolling Stone

      This Sweeney is a bloody wonder, intimate and epic, horrific and heart-rending as it flies on the wings of Sondheim's most thunderously exciting score.
    • 88

      New York Post

      Mighty entertainment that makes you feel sorry for the saps next door in the multiplex.
    • 88

      Chicago Tribune

      Sweeney Todd may haunt you in ways you’re not used to with a movie musical. At least not since “Mame.”
    • 83

      Entertainment Weekly

      The movie is so finely minced a mixture of Sondheim's original melodrama and Burton's signature spicing that it's difficult to think of any other filmmaker so naturally suited for the job.
    • 80

      Variety

      Both sharp and fleet, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street proves a satisfying screen version of Stephen Sondheim’s landmark 1979 theatrical musical.

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