Slow and boring. Only for fans.

Rating: 1/10 (8 April 2008)

This movie is awful.
I went to see this movie because I liked past performances of Depp and I like the way Burton works, but this was a waste of time and money.
To begin with, with few exceptions the actors can't sing. A lot of singers can't act, and the opposite is true as well. Depp should absolutely stick to speaking.
Then they keep on singing the same lines. Over and over and over. They could have put a few more dialogues, soliloquies, or even more sung lines in the story, but instead they opted for boring people.
The story itself could have been good, except that the plot is flat and predictable, dragged on by the incessant monotone singing. Every major plot point, including the final "twist" was so overdone that my fiancée guessed it about 15 minutes into the movie. This movie could have been done SO much better with a more convoluted plot.
In truth, there are no twists, no poignant moments, no deep characters, and no story.
Fans of the actors and of the director will love it for sure, but then again they are fans and that's what they do.