Review of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) by Chads. — 27 Dec 2007
Laugh at the man who sings showtunes and he'll slice your throat. "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" actually made me smile...at blood. It's not the blood itself; it's the blood in juxtaposition with song, and that is a combination audiences have never seen before.
"Sweeney Todd" is unbelievably violent. The filmmaker miraculously finds the right tone for all those slit throats that fall somewhere between graphic and whimsical. Johnny Depp(imagine Nick Cave) and Helena Bonham Carter(imagine Siouxsie Sioux) are brilliant as Sweeney Todd and Mrs.
Lovett. They're sociopaths. They don't have an ounce of good in them. The filmmaker had the guts to make both leads completely ruthless and evil. "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" accomplishes the unthinkable; it's a guy's night out musical.
This review of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) was written by Chads. on 27 Dec 2007.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street has generally received very positive reviews.
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