English (18PL) 10 January 2008 Distributor: Warner Bros.
Director: Tim Burton
Producer: Richard D. Zanuck, John Logan, Walter F. Parkes
Writer: Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler, Christopher Bond, John Logan
Casts: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall
Plot: Sweeney Todd (Johnny Depp), a man unjustly sent to prison, vows revenge not only for the cruel punishment but for the devastating consequences of what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns to reopen his barber shop, he becomes the Demon Barber of Fleet Street who slits the throats of his customers and use their bodies to be made into meat pies by his amorous accomplice, Mrs Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter). Alan Rickman plays the evil Judge Turpin who sent him unfairly to prison, withe Timothy Spall is the Judge's wicked associate Beadle Bamford. Sacha Baron Cohen is a rival barber, the flamboyant Signor Adolfo Pirelli, and Christopher Lee takes on the role of the gentleman ghost.
Our Verdict:
Green Tea says:
Weirdo plan of revenge - 2.5 stars
Isaac says:
4.0 stars
Lim says:
Johnny Deep is not suit - 2.5 stars