Tremendous movie, acting and the score, But. .

Rating: 6/10 (20 April 2008)

I would give this picture a "9" if it weren't for the execrable balance of the sound mix. The music is excellent (why not), well recorded. The singers are excellent (even though new at the art), BUT the final audio mix has the singers fighting with the score. Many times their words are drowned by the music, even though the reverse so be the case.
I wanted to HEAR Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett in their duets, but often that was not the case. For that matter, the production dialog was lost here and there.
Other than that, here is a case where the use of computer graphics is more than justified. We see the play in late 19th century London, and it looked very real. An excellent picture in spite of the audio.