The most grim musical you'll ever see as a movie.

Rating: Null/10 (19 February 2008)

The gritty part of London in the 19th century. Lived a deranged barber named Sweeney Todd who was double crossed by a Judge many years ago. Sweeney now awaits to seek revenge on that Judge for ruining his life forever and for transforming his personality from a gentleman to a mad man with a razor.
I've expected this movie to be unique in many ways. It's a musical so 3/4's of it has singing in it. It's directed by Tim Burton who has a brilliant mind for making goth theme movies. Also contains a cast of well known actors. Johnny Depp and Helena Boham Carter who both worked with Tim before did an amazing job together. Also two actors from Harry Potter, Timothy Spall & Alan Rickman make an appearance in this film.
The idea of this musical was never made into a feature film until now. I never heard of it before, but it is something only Burton would direct. Despite the theme of story being very dark and grim, the movie does have a few good moments to it.
Not saying it's bad, because I've seen Burton's other movies that surpass this one. If I have to use a word to describe it, it's Burton's most unique directed film. It is worthy of having a place in any Burton fan list.
Please be advise that this movie is almost as gory as Sleepy Hollow(which is a great movie). And the second R rated movie Burton has directed.