SWEENEY TODD THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (2007)
TIM BURTON
MusicalDrama10th - 19th CenturiesComedySerial KillersAde TasticsNigel's ChoiceArt HouseHistoricalTara's Midnight MoviesRecommended
Plot
Tim Burton brings Stephen Sondheim's musical prodigy to the big screen and as you'd expect he does a beautiful and atmospheric job of it. Both Depp and Carter revel in the opportunity given to them and the tale has a gloriously dark, gruesomely humourous tone, which brings me on to my own personal issues the modern musical; much of the the of dialogue in Sweeney Todd is sung and there is just so much lilting 'mockney' cockney I can take. I can accept this is hugely entertaining film, it's just not for me.