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Summary: Brilliant
Comment: My only problem is that you cant always understand what they're saying while they're singing so i
had to figure the plot out by other means. loved it though, would give it 4 1/2 if i could

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Summary: Such a disappointment - it had so much potential.
Comment: Now this should've been really good. "Sweeney Todd" has one of the best (and most difficult to
perform) scores of any 20th century musical... So what did they do with it? Dumbed it down and
removed over half of the material so that the cast of actors-who-can-sing could manage it. It really
needed singers-who-could-act. That said, Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham-Carter do a really good job
with what they've got and the final scenes are wonderful. I found the highly-stylised London too
much like "300" or "Sin City" and it just didn't work for me. It's fine if you're making a movie
based on a graphic novel but for one that isn't? It just looked out-of-place. The only Tim Burton
film I don't want to watch again.

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Summary: Bloody horror musical with Burton Brilliance
Comment: Benjamin Barker, Sweeney Todd (Depp) returns to London to get revenge on Judge Turpin (Rickman) who
sent him to prison and stole his wife.

Tim Burton brings his dark imagination to vivid
life once again in this deeply disturbing and brutal musical horror, and is his darkest film to
date.

With an opening shot of raw red blood dropping through machines during the
credits, the tone for the film is set and Burton instantly dives deep into the darkness of London,
with stunning imagery for the City, and a particularly excellent shot of the London Bridge, helps
achieve the ultimate chill factor as Sweeney Todd enters.

Johnny Depp (Pirates of the
Caribbean) shows once again why he's the hottest actor around by giving an astounding Oscar
nominated performance as barber Sweeney Todd. In his first singing role, Depp creates the right feel
for the character, emotionally scared but vengeful to, and this is portrayed through an excellent
choice of songs.

Bonham Carter (Fight Club) gives a good performance as Mrs Lovett and
her songs give an upbeat mood to the dark tale, though the humour is slightly off putting. />
Every actor sang their own songs and all were singing for their first time on screen, and
all perform well and in particular Depp who arguably has the hardest and most songs to perform, but
all are done so well. The songs are repeated which is slightly disappointing but nevertheless there
isn't one bad song and each reflects what a dark narrative it is.

Based on the Broadway
musical, Sweeney Todd tells a harrowing and disturbing tale of the barber who cuts people up and
makes pies out of their bodies, and this alone is enough to chill you to the bone as we see the
madness and the darkness of a man.

The graphic design behind the chair and the
settings in general achieve the darkness and emphasise the moody atmosphere of the plot, and are
brilliantly directed by Burton who uses a variety of techniques to get the true cutting edge,
literally.

Sweeney Todd isn't for the fainthearted as it is truly graphic and very
bloody and the ideology of killing in that particular manner is very tense. This is a true horror,
expertly (if somewhat bizarrely) directed in usual scrumptious and diverse fashion by Tim Burton,
and acted exceptionally well by Depp with a great support cast, make the most graphic and horrific
film of 2007, which is an essential watch, there is nothing out there like it.

8.5/10

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Summary: Superb Film
Comment: Altough i really do hate musicals but because it was Johnny Depp i coulnt care less what it was i
thourght it might alright only because of Depp but it turns out to be such an awsome movie i
recomend to ANYONE who likes alot of blood and the singing was amazing in my oppinion its one of the
BEST movies i have ever seen its a must see.

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Summary: Great Burton and Depp Collaboration
Comment: Like the other Burton and Depp collaborations this is a must see and doesn't disappoint.

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