What is this movie missing? Oh yeah, Danny Elfman

Rating: 4/10 (20 December 2007)

Hmmm, well, first of all, the music in this movie was horrible. I know nothing about Sweeney Todd other than he's the demon barber of fleet street, but I had no idea that they were going to burst into song. Now, I don't mind musicals, but the one theme in this musical is repeated over and over with such sing-songy question-and-answer that after a while you just have to curse the over dramatic nature of it all.
The best parts of the movie are the visuals. There is a scene at the beach and picnic which is really funny. There's a scene depicting the trial of a seven year old, which gets gasps from the audience.
The blood and gore was really disgusting. I don't really think it added much to the movie besides looking colorful. Sacha Baron-Cohen was great as the pseudo Italian barber.
There were a lot of young children in the audience when I saw this movie. I can only imagine what dozens of images of throat slitting will do to the mind of a 10 year old.
Ultimately, I would have much rather have seen a less faithful rendition of Sweeney Todd, with music by Danny Elfman and more of Sasha.