The perfect cast for the most part

Rating: 7/10 (6 March 2010)

I think I must have annoyed everyone at the cinema when I went and saw this the first time because every time a new character came on the screen I'd giggle uncontrollably. I absolutely love Helena Bonham Carter and Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall's always a lovely character actor and after the pirates I couldn't wait to see more of Jack... uh, I mean Johnny Depp. However he seemed to me to be a bit too fresh from Pirates and his gravely vocalisations presumably designed to hide his natural accent came off as almost piratical. The young couple were irritating and ultimately forgettable, as they are in the original, usually (I have yet to see even a stage production where I feel anything other than contempt for they young lovers), but generally the performances were lovely.
Still, I'd recommend seeing a stage version of Sweeney Todd. If done correctly it can be entirely enchanting and bewitching, even more so than the film.