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By Jeffrey Chen (849) for Window to the Movies (638) on 20 Dec 2007

It's as if Stephen Sondheim's musical was meant to be a Tim Burton movie all along…

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By Bob Bloom (1,124) for Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (1,017) on 20 Dec 2007

Delightfully gruesome, it is laced with morbid humor, and yet a sense of tragedy and loss weighs heavily upon it…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 20 Dec 2007

The material, a Gothic yarn of bloody revenge, seems specially suited for the macabre hand of Tim Burton, but alas, such is not the case…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 20 Dec 2007

I'm not sure Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd works very well as a musical, but it's one hell of a movie…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for DVDTalk.com (826) on 20 Dec 2007

Either audiences will lap up the exaggerated Grand Guignol theatrics with a nervous smile or they'll cower in their seats hoping to switch…

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By Katey Rich (412) for CinemaBlend.com (1,378) on 20 Dec 2007

Sweeney Todd is often considered Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece; it's too early to say, but it may be Tim Burton's as well…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for EricDSnider.com (2,026) on 20 Dec 2007

A fantastically haunting tale, a nightmare musical ... that's gripping from the first minor chord on the organ to the bloody, inevitable resolution…

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By Eugene Novikov (936) for Film Blather (908) on 20 Dec 2007

The sub-par singing detracts from the film, as it must…

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By Walter Chaw (1,360) for Film Freak Central (1,643) on 20 Dec 2007

Burton has made some great pictures--Sweeney Todd is the culmination of them…

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By Geoff Berkshire (602) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 20 Dec 2007

Sweeney Todd is the creative peak of an eccentric career and one of the year's very best films…

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By Carina Chocano (358) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 20 Dec 2007

It's not entirely surprising that Burton's Sweeney Todd feels heavier on style than on substance -- so much that the style almost subverts…

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By Jeff Vice (1,455) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 20 Dec 2007

Those with strong stomachs will find this darkly comic piece is not just a bloody mess. Instead, it's bloody good fun…

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By Sean O'connell (919) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 20 Dec 2007

For all its unmistakable faults, it casts such a complete spell that I'm chomping at the bit to see it again…

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By Nell Minow (2,357) for Beliefnet (937) on 20 Dec 2007

Working with Johnny Depp, his favorite leading man, and Helena Bonham-Carter, his off- and on-screen muse, Burton creates a vast world of Victorian…

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By Steve Rhodes (1,488) for Internet Reviews (1,487) on 20 Dec 2007

Singers that can't sing, repetitive tunes that aren't the least bit memorable and a director more in love with his macabre settings than with…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 20 Dec 2007

Sure to make you nervous to get a haircut…

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By Matt Stevens (135) for E! Online (838) on 20 Dec 2007

This killer Sweeney is thrillingly executed from start to splatter-ific finish…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 20 Dec 2007

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

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By Sean Burns (1,156) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 20 Dec 2007

It's testament to both the gonzo power of the source material and the completeness of Burton's vision that the movie works in spite of one…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 20 Dec 2007

Dismal sets, cartoonish gore and Johnny Depp singing -- what's so appealing about that? Just about everything, actually…

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