Tim Burton's best film.

Rating: 10/10 (1 August 2009)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is Tim Burton's best. It's exciting, it's dark, and it's awesome. There were many moments where I wanted to cheer. There are a ton of songs in Sweeney Todd, most of them by Johnny Depp and Helena Bonahm Carter. Which is a very good thing. Sweeney Todd is the story of Benjamin Barker. Benjamin had it all... a wife, a child. Until one day, Judge Turpin( the great Alan Rickman) puts him in jail because he has a thing for his wife. Fifteen years later, things have changed. His barber shop is now a meat pie shop run by Mrs. Lovett(the great Helena Bonham Carter). His wife is gone and his daughter was adopted by Turpin. So Benjamin changes his name to Sweeney Todd and seeks revenge on the man who destroyed his life. Johnny Depp makes one of his best performances as Todd. Helena Bonham Carter gives one of her best performances as Mrs. Lovett. Every moment in this film is plausible. It's on my favorite's list for many reasons and it deserved a best picture nomination at the Oscars. I think it should've won. The problem with it is Anthony, a sailor that looks like he could pass off as a drag queen. He is in love with Todd's daughter Johanna. They have these stupid pointless songs that I don't care about. I give Sweeney Todd a humongous recommendation.