AC
12-26-2007, 09:36 AM
It's excellent. Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter are terrific. I highly recommend seeing it.
If you are squeemish about the sight of blood and violence on screen, skip it. Sweeney is a very dark and grim musical tale and Tim Burton spares no opportunity to bring out every drop of life from every victim. If you've seen the stage production, you know what Sweeney Todd is about. It's not a cheery musical tale. If you see parents taking their kids under 14 into this movie, they need their heads examined.
But, the Sondheim music is haunting and the acting is Oscar calliber and the scenary of London is pure art. It's a great movie version of an amazing Broadway musical.
If you are squeemish about the sight of blood and violence on screen, skip it. Sweeney is a very dark and grim musical tale and Tim Burton spares no opportunity to bring out every drop of life from every victim. If you've seen the stage production, you know what Sweeney Todd is about. It's not a cheery musical tale. If you see parents taking their kids under 14 into this movie, they need their heads examined.
But, the Sondheim music is haunting and the acting is Oscar calliber and the scenary of London is pure art. It's a great movie version of an amazing Broadway musical.