Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
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The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.
What critics thought
Burton's adaptation landed as one of the most acclaimed films of 2007, with critics broadly agreeing that his visual sensibility and Grand Guignol instincts were a near-perfect match for Sondheim's material. Depp and Bonham Carter's singing surprised skeptics, and the film's unapologetic torrents of stylized gore were celebrated rather than condemned — though a few voices noted that non-musical audiences might find the song-heavy structure a barrier to entry.
“a satisfying screen version of Stephen Sondheim's landmark 1979 theatrical musical ... things have turned out uniformly right thanks to highly focused direction by Tim Burton, expert screw-tightening by scenarist John Logan, and haunted and musically adept lead performances from Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter”
Todd McCarthy·Variety
“Sweeney Todd is a thriller-diller from start to finish: scary, monstrously funny and melodically thrilling ... [the film] is a bloody wonder, intimate and epic, horrific and heart-rending as it flies on the wings of Sondheim's most thunderously exciting score”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“The blood juxtaposed to the music is highly unsettling. It runs contrary to expectations. Burton pushes this gore into his audiences' faces so as to feel the madness and the destructive fury of Sweeney's obsession.”
Kirk Honeycutt·The Hollywood Reporter
“opulent, attentive ... so finely minced a mixture of Sondheim's original melodrama and Burton's signature spicing that it's difficult to think of any other filmmaker so naturally suited for the job”
Lisa Schwarzbaum·Entertainment Weekly
Accolades
Genres
Drama, Horror, Musical
Cast & Crew
Tim BurtonDirector
Johnny DeppSweeney Todd
Helena Bonham CarterMrs. Lovett
Alan RickmanJudge Turpin
Timothy SpallBeadle
Sacha Baron CohenPirelli
Jamie Campbell BowerAnthony
Laura Michelle KellyLucy / Beggar Woman
Jayne WisenerJohanna
Ed SandersToby
Stephen SondheimComposer
John LoganWriter
Dariusz WolskiCinematographySweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.
What critics thought
Burton's adaptation landed as one of the most acclaimed films of 2007, with critics broadly agreeing that his visual sensibility and Grand Guignol instincts were a near-perfect match for Sondheim's material. Depp and Bonham Carter's singing surprised skeptics, and the film's unapologetic torrents of stylized gore were celebrated rather than condemned — though a few voices noted that non-musical audiences might find the song-heavy structure a barrier to entry.
“a satisfying screen version of Stephen Sondheim's landmark 1979 theatrical musical ... things have turned out uniformly right thanks to highly focused direction by Tim Burton, expert screw-tightening by scenarist John Logan, and haunted and musically adept lead performances from Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter”
Todd McCarthy·Variety
“Sweeney Todd is a thriller-diller from start to finish: scary, monstrously funny and melodically thrilling ... [the film] is a bloody wonder, intimate and epic, horrific and heart-rending as it flies on the wings of Sondheim's most thunderously exciting score”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“The blood juxtaposed to the music is highly unsettling. It runs contrary to expectations. Burton pushes this gore into his audiences' faces so as to feel the madness and the destructive fury of Sweeney's obsession.”
Kirk Honeycutt·The Hollywood Reporter
“opulent, attentive ... so finely minced a mixture of Sondheim's original melodrama and Burton's signature spicing that it's difficult to think of any other filmmaker so naturally suited for the job”
Lisa Schwarzbaum·Entertainment Weekly
Accolades
Genres
Drama, Horror, Musical
Cast & Crew
Tim BurtonDirectorJohnny DeppSweeney ToddHelena Bonham CarterMrs. LovettAlan RickmanJudge TurpinTimothy SpallBeadleSacha Baron CohenPirelliJamie Campbell BowerAnthonyLaura Michelle KellyLucy / Beggar WomanJayne WisenerJohannaEd SandersTobyStephen SondheimComposerJohn LoganWriterDariusz WolskiCinematographyStream
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