Simply a great film

Rating: 10/10 (19 February 2018)

I'm not usually a fan of musicals, but this one is great - I've lost count of how many times I've watched it. Brilliant casting; Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter really work well together, as do Alan Rickman and Timothy Spall (all of them great actors/actresses separately but put together they're magic)
Then add the talents of Sacha Baron Cohen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Laura Michelle Kelly, Jayne Wisener and Ed Sanders instant hit.
The soundtrack is brilliant, the whole music track is great at setting the mood of every scene, then the actual songs are great at telling a story while relaying the characters feelings and thoughts.
The set also is good - how they depicted London as it was back in the 1840's, but maybe darkening it up for the film which really works well.
What I loved most of all is how they haven't just done the typical throat slitting, horror and gore fest that you think of when you hear the title, they tell the larger story, showing the betrayal of the corrupt judge and Sweeney Todd's descent into madness and the sad future that befalls his wife and child.
Then the attempted blackmail and murder of Sacha Baron Cohen that leads Sweeney Todd to his murdeous ways.
This all somehow makes out mass murdering Sweeney Todd to be the victim of the film, and by the end I felt sorry for the character.
Tim Burton you're a genius.