Let Sweeney steal you

Rating: 9/10 (16 February 2008)

I was very curious for the new Tim Burton film, as I am a great fan of his work. Although many critics claim that this is his best film yet, I have to disagree on this one. Don't get me wrong, the music is great, the scene and imaginary settings of London are great. You really got swept away in the dark, creepy, macabre fantasy-world created by the master himself. So I must say, if you liked Sleepy Hollow than you will like this one. The only thing that is a bit disappointing is the storyline. It's a likely predictable story, not filled with intrigues and mysteries like in Sleepy Hollow. The film is also more cruel and violent than Sleepy Hollow... (the red blood on the white face of Depp in Sleepy Hollow when he cuts in the corpses, speaks more to the imagination than the blood that splatters out of the sliced throats in Sweeney Todd) Yet the film is stunning in its own way. For a moment you can forget anything you thought you knew about film-making. If you can handle a bit of gore, than I say to anyone: go watch this movie. Let Sweeney's revenge, the scenery, the music and the great acting make you a voyeuristic actor yourself, in a dark alley nearby Fleet Street...