Sweeney Todd Review

While most people were out watching National Treasure over the weekend,  I was much more interested in seeing Sweeney Todd.  Look, it’s a musical, it’s horror, it has Johnny Depp and Tim Burton….it doesn’t get any better than all of that!

I didn’t know too much about Sweeney Todd before going to see it, which was a good thing because that made it more surprising.  The movie is basically about a barber who’s seeking revenge because his family and his life was taken away, and I won’t give much more of the plot away than that.

All the elements in this film came together perfectly.  The acting as great, of course with Johnny Depp front and center; he always does an amazing job.  But the supporting cast is also just as good, especially Sasha Baron Cohen (yup, Borat) who plays a rival barber.  I also loved the cinemetography, which looked very Buronesque but wasn’t excessively dark.  And of course, it’s a musical, and I loved the music.  It was all pretty dramatic, and it’s not the that you would sing a long to like say if you were watching something by Webber, but it was great nonetheless.

I think anyone who enjoyed Moulin Rouge and Phantom of The Opera will like Sweeney Todd, although it is different and the pace is sort of slow in the beginning. If you can handle a lot of blood, albeit cartoonish looking blood, then check this one out.

8/10