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... Stephen Sondheim wrote a dark stage musical about Sweeney Todd. Add to this mix one of the most versatile and daring young actors around and some wonderful characters and you end up with one incredible musical film. "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," Mr. Burton's ... Read review

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19th century tale of Sweeney Todd, the cutthroat
barber whose tales of murder and most grisly
commerce on the streets of London became the stuff
of an award winning 1979 musical. Here, a cast
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haunted "No Place Like London" sets the scene for
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moral abyss ("There's a hole in the world like a
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19th century tale of Sweeney Todd, the cutthroat
barber whose tales of murder and most grisly
commerce on the streets of London became the stuff
of an award winning 1979 musical. Here, a cast
including longtime Burton collaborators Johnny
Depp and Helena Bonham Carter--plus Alan Rickman,
Timothy Spall and Sasha Baron-Cohen-breathe new
life into Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheelers
musical tale with a special gothic relish for the
simmering horror within. Depps accomplished,
haunted "No Place Like London" sets the scene for
whats to come, the nations capital introduced as a
moral abyss ("There's a hole in the world like a
great black pit/And the vermin of the world
inhabit it"), while Bonham-Carter brings Cockney
energy and a squirt of sauce to the "The Worst
Pies in London". A neat comic turn, meanwhile,
comes courtesy of Baron-Cohen, who plays the role
of Italian barber Adolfo Pierelli-inventor of a
fraudulent anti-balding lotion-with humorous gusto
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ships and sailors who have made their fortune in
foreign lands. Sweeney Todd, a Fleet Street
barber, awaits the arrival of men whose first port
of call is for a good, close shave. For most it
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their remains into small pieces. Meanwhile, Mrs
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Depp has gone from scizzorhands to razor blades.

Advantages: Everything about the film
Disadvantages: None for me


== SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET ==

=== 2007 ===

=== FILM ONLY REVIEW ===


=== INTRODUCTION ===

Tim Burton makes fantasy movies.

Stephen Sondheim writes stage musicals.

Tim Burton deals mainly in the land of the gothic and the grotesque, turning comic books and children's tales into scary, nightmarish shadow plays.

...starts with a white faced Sweeney Todd (Johnny Depp) as he steals up the Thames in the dead of night, in true Burton manner.
The bitter Benjamin Barker, who has changed his name to Sweeney Todd, is returning to London after 15 years of hurt, he has been falsely imprisoned in Australia, a feat engineered by the Judge (Alan Rickman) who stole his wife and infant daughter.

Sweeney has all the looks of a truly demented character, ... more

oldchem 16.10.2009
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At last, my arm is complete again...

Advantages: Excellent performances from a non-singing cast, and oodles of black humour
Disadvantages: Not a lot - perhaps the urchin gets a little too much screen time...

...touch the beauty he craved, Sweeney Todd is far more deliberate about his slashings and stabbings. Starring Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp, Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a full-on Victorian melodrama of lost love, young love, unrequited love and oodles of stupidly bright scarlet blood. It's also a musical, which makes the casting of such famous singers as Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall and Sascha Baron Cohen a little bizarre, ...
...to a bloody revenge as Sweeney Todd. Quite how this turns into a pie franchise, I'll leave the viewer to discover. The sets are largely shot through blue filters, giving everyone's face a pallid washed-out look that fits with the bleak despair of most of the characters. It's particularly effective for Depp and Carter, the former with an alarming Bride of Frankenstein haircut to hide the fact he's basically doing his Captain Jack Sparrow voice again. ...

Olly_Plimsoll 10.05.2008 · Read full review
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Fancy A Shave?

Advantages: Amusing and quirky, with a bloody undercurrent
Disadvantages: Too much signing

...Steven Sondheim and Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street. Let me be blunt, this is a more musical musical than the majority of others kicking around for some years, there is very little straight dialogue in this offering and I found that very off putting from the movies offset. The story of Sweeney Todd for those unfamiliar is a tale of vengeance, in this case the tale of Benjamin Barker (Johnny Depp) sentenced and deported ...
...town like London" now as Sweeney Todd, he finds that his wife overdosed on poison, and that his daughter Joanna is now a ward in the care of Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman) the man behind Barker/Todd's sentence. Alone in the world Todd finds himself in the company of Mrs.Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter) responsible for the "Worst pies in London", a long time fan of Barker who has kept things save for his return. As Todd sets up his Barber shop and thus ...

sghawken 30.01.2008 · Read full review
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The Closest Shave You WIll Ever Have

Advantages: Great story and characters
Disadvantages: Not good as a musical

== The Film == Sweeny Todd is a dark musical about a barber named Benjamin Barker who lives on Fleet Street with his beautiful wife Lucy and their daughter Johanna. Lucy's beauty attracts the corrupt Judge Turpin who, in order to have Lucy for his own, falsely accuses the barber of a crime he didn't commit. Benjamin is exiled for fifteen years. Whilst he is in exile Lucy pines for him and rejects Judge Turpin, he tricks her into going to his home ...
...the new name of Sweeny Todd. He hopes to find Lucy and his daughter and so heads back to his old home, which is above Mrs Lovett's pie shop. He goes into the pie shop to ask about the room upstairs and meets Mrs Lovett who sells "the worst pies in London". She tells him about Lucy being abused and says that not long after that she drank poison which she got from a local apothecary. She also tells him that Judge Turpin brought Johanna up as his ward. ...

buggsy2008 25.07.2008 · Read full review
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Dark and Delicious.

Advantages: Brilliant.
Disadvantages: Nothing

The story of Sweeney Todd has always been one that I have enjoyed to hear and watch several adaptations of over the years. Johnny Depp is a favourite actor of mine and I also love musicals. So as you can imagine when I first heard that Johnny Depp was going to be in a musical version of Sweeney Todd for the big screen, I was extremely excited. Now I had to go and see it on its opening weekend so my family and I wet to the cinema and had a deliciously ...
...Ok so the story of Sweeney Todd is one that most people should know about by now but I will give you a quick overview anyway. Judge Turpin takes a liking to Benjamin Barkers wife so he sends Ben down for a crime he did not commit just to get close to his wife. Fifteen years later and Benjamin returns to London but is now known as Sweeney Todd. He vows to enact revenge on Judge Turpin and sets up a Barber business by Mrs Lovett's meat pie shop. Together ...

katygriff 05.02.2008 · Read full review
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Is it Benjamin Barker OR Sweeney Todd?

Advantages: great flowing film
Disadvantages: Johnny Depp's Voice

...Depp as Benjamin Barker / Sweeney Todd Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs Lovett Alan Rickman as Judge Turpin Jamie Campbell Bower as Anthony Timothy Spall as Beadle Bamford Sacha Baron Cohen as Pirelli Edward Sanders as Toby Laura Michelle Kelly as Lucy Barker Jayne Wisener as Johanna The very, very famous Johnny Depp plays Benjamin Barker / Sweeney Todd. Johnny Depp has to be one of my favourite actors EVER, if he isn't he is my favourite. Though he ...
...3 (including Benjamin Barker / Sweeney Todd) are played by the same person; it's just magical and just goes to show that Johnny Depp was born to act. Also who knew he could sing? Okay, so he sings okayish, but still he can sing! He may not be able to win a BRIT award for his voice, but it's still perfect for like the west end and horror musicals like this one! He has that sort of singing voice, which is silently creepy but also perfect! Many of the ...

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The Worst Pies in London

Advantages: Nice gothic production design and dark humour.
Disadvantages: Big name actors that can't sing and a lack of narrative.

Innocent barber Benjamin Barker is unjustly transported to Australia by evil Judge Turpin and his henchman Beadle Bamford so Turpin can try to seduce his wife. Barker returns in the guise of Sweeney Todd, setting up a barbershop in Fleet Street, above the premises of the worst pie shop in London, owned by Mrs Lovett. Sweeney vows revenge not only for the unjust punishment meted out to him but also the devastating consequences visited on his wife and young daughter. With the aid of the amorous Mrs Lovett, he cooks up a diabolical business as the Demon Barber of Fleet Street ?[shaving] the heads of gentlemen who never thereafter were heard of again?. In the meantime Mrs Lovett?s business takes off with her unusual meat pies? Apparently Tim Burton has wanted to make a film of Stephen Sondheim?s musical ?Sweeney Todd? ever since he saw it ...

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Slashings and lashings (of blood)

Advantages: Great story, great performances, great set
Disadvantages: None for me, some may find it too gory

Benjamin Barker is a wronged man. Fifteen years before, he was accused of a crime he didn't commit and thrown out of London, forced to leave his wife, Lucy, and daughter Johanna, behind. As soon as he is set free, he returns to London as Sweeney Todd, only to find out that his wife poisoned herself shortly after he left, and his daughter is now the ward of the very man who incarcerated him - Judge Turpin. Setting himself up as a barber again, he takes premises above Mrs Lovett's Pie Shop and turns his attention to revenge. He goes on a mad killing spree, killing any man who comes to his barbers. But can he persuade Judge Turpin to sit in his barber chair? Can he or someone else rescue Johanna? Or will his crimes be discovered before his revenge is complete? I've put off watching this film for quite some time, simply because, although ...

sunmeilan 08.12.2008 · Read full review
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Sweeney Todd without the singing

Advantages: Tod Slaughter. Looked very authentic Victorian
Disadvantages: Bad acting from the engaged pair

Everyone now knows of Sweeney Todd now as Tim Burton has brought it right in to the mainstream with his musical starring Johnny Depp. However, since the character's creation in a Victorian serial there have been loads of films made about Sweeney Todd. The first spoken version being George King's 1936 film starring Tod Slaughter (what an apt name) as Sweeney Todd . The film starts off with a man walking into a barber shop in London in the 20s or 30s. He notices a picture of Sweeney Todd on the wall and this leads the barber to tell him the story. It's Victorian London at the docks and a ship is about to set sail. A sailor, Mark, is saying good bye to Johanna. The two are in love but can't get married because her father won't allow her to marry such a poor man. Standing in an alley watching all the goings on is Sweeney Todd, he ...

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