Tim Burton and Johnny Depp have done it again!

Rating: 9/10 (7 January 2008)

In their sixth collaboration together, Johnny Depp and Tim Burton have continued to excel in their respective talents; directing and acting in odd stories that not many people can really easily put together.
Depp stars in this movie as Sweeney Todd, a man returning to London with revenge on his mind. He befriends Mrs. Lovett, played by the lovely Helena Bonham Carter, who makes "the worst pies in London." Mrs. Lovett informs Todd about what happened to his wife and daughter, and Todd decides to kill Judge Tupin, who caused the mess in the first place. While waiting for the judge, Todd murders clients, who then get baked into Mrs. Lovett's pies, and they become the sensation of London.
Burton uses his dark style again, and the setting of 19th century London is a perfect place for his dark pallet. The amount of blood used in the film caught me off guard at first, but it was so unreal that it made it bearable. Any realistic blood probably would have made the film more of a useless horror movie, rather than the great musical it was. Depp's gruff singing fit the tragic character that Todd is, and Bonham Carter did excellent singing as well. Overall, it was a great movie.