not a fun musical

Rating: 6/10 (11 November 2008)

I have been a big fan of recent musicals; however, this one goes away from the norm, and it's just not as fun. The music and lyrics aren't as good. While visual, Sweeney Todd is quite spectacular with the dark sets and moonlit lightning. However, musicals like Moulin Rouge had much better costumes and visual effects.
Johnny Depp was only OK; he isn't a great singer. This movie was fairly violent. Lots of blood squirting from gashes. The mince meat pies were more in the background and that idea could have been worked in better in the movie. I just felt the script could have been written better.
FINAL VERDICT: OK, but disappointing as far as musicals go. I only recommend it for Depp fans.