Sweeney Todd

Rating: 3/10 (24 December 2007)

I know my 14-year old daughter won't agree with me on this score cause she loves Johnny Depp. I saw a double feature this day - first "P.S. I Love You," which I thought was great and then this movie. I only give a 3 because I give Johnny credit for his singing.
This movie was absolutely disgusting. I felt like I was going to puke during parts of it. I cannot understand how a movie like this can be nominated for awards, but "Chuckie" and "Freddy" movies are not. To say it's dark and morbid is an understatement. Plus, I got so sick of the same scenes over and over again and the mass killings as I said made me sick to my stomach. I told my husband I'd rather watch "Nightmare on Elm Street," and then remembered that Johnny Depp got brutally murdered in that movie. Well, I guess he decided in this movie to become "Freddy." Teenagers will most likely love this movie, but if they're the least bit squeamish, send them to the other movie, which deals with death beautifully.
Also, I must comment because Gerard Butler played "Phantom" in "The Phantom of the Opera." That was a much better movie than this one. The acting was better, the killings weren't disgusting, and Gerard Butler sang amazingly. I've heard comments that he didn't, but I believe his vocals were much more emotional than anything in this movie.
Okay, I'm a huge Gerard Butler fan. But that's because he can play any part from "300" to "Phantom" to a love story. He doesn't get stuck playing for the same director in the same dark part (Captain Jack notwithstanding). Johnny Depp makes the same choking sound when he's eating meat pies as when he played the choking part in "Edward Scissorhands."
Laura