Now that's a close shave!!! Yeesh.

Rating: 7/10 (21 December 2007)

I actually can't remember the last time I saw a musical; skipped Dream Girls, passed up Moulin Rouge, but this SWEENEY TODD: DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET seemed to hit a certain chord with me: the vocal cords! And they were slashed all movie long! Sweeney Todd is Tim Burton's horror/musical that looks as good as it sounds, with dark humor abound and open neck wounds wherever one looks. Sounds good? It is.
I've never seen the play, and only knew slightly of its story, but the characters involved, all flawed and charismatic, do a great job singing and acting. The music is excellent even though Danny Elfman wasn't to be found, and Burton's directing style seems to really shine with his version of a barber whose lost it all.
There were a couple things that bothered me: one being an ending that despite all its bloody grandeur seemed to lose sight of a couple characters, and some occasional predictable situations.
But never mind such frivolous drawbacks, this film is just great entertainment. And boy can Depp and that Bower guy sing! Everyone does a great job(perhaps excluding the young statuesque Toby) and Helena Bonham Carter is as morbidly hot as ever. I love corsets!