A Dark and Bloody Tale of Revenge

Rating: 8/10 (3 May 2008)

In the Victorian London, the barber Benjamin Barker (Johnny Depp) is married with the gorgeous Lucy and they have a lovely child, Johanna. The beauty of Lucy attracts the attention of the corrupt Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman) that falsely accuses the barber of a crime that he had not committed and abuses of Lucy later. After fifteen years in exile, Benjamin returns to London under the new identity of Sweeney Todd, seeking revenge against Turpin. Sweeney Todd meets the widow Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter) and owner of a meat pie shop that tells him that Lucy committed suicide with arsenic many years ago, and Turpin assigned himself as tutor of Johanna. He opens a barber shop above her store, initiating a crime rampage against those that made him suffer and lose his beloved family.
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" is a dark an d bloody tale of revenge in a London with a corrupt aristocracy. Tim Burton uses his favorite actor and friend Johnny Depp together with his wife Helen Bonham Carter in a stylish musical, disclosing a series of murders committed by a deranged man blinded by the need of revenge after being separated from his family by an evil judge. The plot point in the end, when Sweeney discovers the identity of the beggar, gives the necessary element for a perfect conclusion. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Sweeney Todd: O Barbeiro Demoníaco da Rua Fleet" ("Sweeney Todd: The Demoniac Barber of Fleet Street")