Review of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) by Cassianj. — 28 Jan 2008
If there is a musical more suited to the magical Tim Burton than Sweeney Todd I will be very surprised. This really is a match made in heaven, high octaves and oceans of blood shaken into a delightful Burton cocktail.
I am not familiar with he source material so do not know how faithful the movie is, but the movie had the feeling of a stage show with only a few sets used ah but what beautiful Gothic sets they are lending the movie a cartoonish Gothic feel).
The songs are well staged with Johnny Depp in particular benefiting from no singing lessons delivery his lines instead with a sense of menace and madness.
This review of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) was written by Cassianj. on 28 Jan 2008.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street has generally received very positive reviews.
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