Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
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- Synopsis
- Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical thriller comes to the big screen in this adaptation directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Timothy Spall, and Alan Rickman....
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- Director(s)
- Tim Burton
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 117 min.
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The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites
Something close to a masterpiece, a work of extreme -- I am tempted to say evil -- genius.Read the full review
Washington Post | Peter MarksAdd Critic to Favorites
Admirers of Stephen Sondheim who have wondered whether a riveting movie would ever be made from one of his stage musicals can put aside their doubts and worries: Tim Burton has finally accomplished it in his ravishing Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.Read the full review
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
Helena Bonham Carter may be Burton's inamorata, but apart from that, she is perfectly cast, not as a vulgar fishwife type but as a petite beauty with dark, sad eyes and a pouting mouth and a persistent fantasy that she and the barber will someday settle by the seaside. Not bloody likely.Read the full review
