The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Medium:Movies
Subject:Sweeney Todd
Indeed, I am in fact reviewing Sweeney Todd. The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Sweeney was a Tony Award -winning musical with a book by Hugh Wheeler and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Now Tim Burton, famous director of such films as The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, and Sleepy Hollow, brings this story to the silver screen.
Johnny Depp stars as Sweeney Todd (Benjamin Barker) a barber seeking revenge against the judge who banished him and broke apart his family and now intends to marry his daughter. He seeks the help of Mrs.Lovett, the owner of a meat pie shop (the worst in London), and they go into business together. Through a series of events Sweeney starts murdering his customers and lets Mrs.Lovett use them in her meat pies (business couldn't be better). A young sailor, Mrs.Lovett's assistant Toby, and a crazy beggar woman bring about his downfall.
It's much more complicated then that but you get the gist.
Anyone who knows this story, knows that it's gory. Well, while the movie is rated R for gory, its not to bad and defiantly not realistic. The music though is done very well. Anyone who's seen Johnny Depp in Crybaby knows that he didn't actually sing in it. But we finally get to here him belt it out. And there's nothing to cry about. He pulls the low growl that this role required very well.
In all, this was a very good, enjoyable movie. I recommend it to EVERYONE. Unless of course you don't like blood (there is quite a lot of it). Or if you don't like musicals (for it is one). Or if you don't like Johnny Depp (GASP). Or if you don't like dark films (Tim Burton is,in my opinion, a gift from heaven!). Or of course if your under 18 (cough cough) and your parents won't take you (I love having a cool mother).
Well that's all for the time being.
Until next time, I'm that one girl.
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