Review of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) by Brandon W — 14 Apr 2017

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is directed by Tim Burton, and it stars Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, and Alan Rickman in a musical horror about an English barber that's looking for his wife after being rescued, and when he realized about what happened to her, he wants to get vengeance on a judge who Benjamin Barker (Johnny Depp) away while Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman) took Benjamin's wife and daughter.

When I first watched it, I loved it and pretty much gave it a five-star rating in this without giving any explanation why. So when I finished whatever I watched on Netflix, I couldn't think of another film to watch, despite my list being big.

So I decided to rewatch this just so I can take it off my list, and I still enjoyed it very much. Johnny Depp is terrific in this for his devious manner wise, and while his singing voice is not the best compared to other actors that have experience with singing, knowing that he's been training for this role and giving what he has given with this, it's a really good voice that fits the character.

The other actors are great too from Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, or even a supporting cameo from Sachs Baron Cohen. When it comes down to songs, it really does come down to my personal taste as there can be some songs in musical movie adaptations that I'm not a fan of, but people like those songs, but for me in this, almost all, or everyone, of them are enjoyable and catchy to listen to by Stephen Sondheim.

The characters are memorable to watch, and the writing by John Logan is very tight that it didn't felt like there were some shortcomings that were long in the musical, but not so much in the film.

The story is really interesting to watch, and how the character changes himself makes you understand why he's going through a transition, and you just felt sorry for him. It's a lot of fun to watch, and it just seem to be my type of film to keep rewatching for a while.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a fantastically adapted musical that this is one of the best musicals that I've seen.