Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Movie » Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street released on December 21, 2007.
An insane barber, Sweeney Todd, kills his victims by slitting their throats and drops them at the basement as Mrs. Lovett bakes pies out of them.
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Amazing 0
Johnny Depp and Tim Burton working on a movie together, thats nothing new, but Johnny Depp in a musical definately is. I have never seen the stage play, but i did read it and I cant picture anyone else playing Sweeney Todd. No matter what you may think of him, Depp is one those actors who can act, no matter what the role or obstacles may be. Depp had said in interviews when this movie came out that it was his first time doing any singing like this and I think he did a fantastic job. With a d...
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Good, but as good as the original 0
Never having seen the Sondheim musical, I cannot really tell you how this film compares. I can however tell you that it is sure to please fans of the ongoing Burton/Depp film collaborations. You get another suitably weird and creepy Johnny Depp character set against the visually Gothic Revival style Burton is so well known for. Nor is the total lack of singing ability on the part of Mr. Depp a weakness here. Indeed the fact that he doesn't sing very pretty, kind of more the way a barber and not...
0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
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