The closest shave

Rating: Null/10 (27 June 2020)

A real ripper of a musical slasher film. It all works - the grim 19th century London setting, the costumes and songs, the director having a field day and the actors getting wholeheartedly into the spirit of it. The story barely matters, but the philosophy about all humanity wallowing in excrement is so richly delivered by Depp and has a ring of truth so pertinent to our times that I think I'll buy me a meat pie and do some wallowing.