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Genres:
Horror
Language:
English
Running time:
1:56:19
Partner rating:
R
Released:

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Johnny Depp [Sweeney Todd]
  2. Helena Bonham Carter [Mrs. Lovett]
  3. Alan Rickman [Judge Turpin]
  4. Timothy Spall [Beadle Bamford]
  5. Sacha Baron Cohen [Signor Adolfo Pirelli]
  6. Johnny Depp Sweeney Todd
  7. Helena Bonham Carter Mrs. Nellie Lovett
  8. Alan Rickman Judge Turpin
  9. Timothy Spall Beadle Bamford
  10. Sacha Baron Cohen Adolfo Pirelli
  11. Jamie Campbell Bower Anthony Hope
  12. Edward Sanders Toby
  13. Laura Michelle Kelly Beggar Woman
  14. Jayne Wisener Johanna

Directors

  1. Tim Burton

Producers

  1. Patrick McCormick
  2. John Logan
  3. Laurie MacDonald
  4. Walter F. Parkes
  5. Richard D. Zanuck
  6. Walter Parkes

Writers

  1. John Logan
  2. Stephen Sondheim [Original Musical] Hugh Wheeler [Original Musical] Christopher Bond [Musical Adaptation]

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical thriller comes to the big screen in this adaptation directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Timothy Spall, and Alan Rickman. Embittered at having been wrongly imprisoned and determined to seek vengeance against his accusers due to the grim fate that befell his wife and daughter while he was incarcerated, ex-convict Sweeny Todd (Depp) returns to his homet... Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical thriller comes to the big screen in this adaptation directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Timothy Spall, and Alan Rickman. Embittered at having been wrongly imprisoned and determined to seek vengeance against his accusers due to the grim fate that befell his wife and daughter while he was incarcerated, ex-convict Sweeny Todd (Depp) returns to his hometown and opens a modest barber shop. The one thing different about Todd's shop, however, is that no one who walks in for a trim is ever seen again. Subsequently branded "The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" by the frightened community, Todd continues with his murderous exploits with a little assistance from his amorous accomplice, Mrs. Lovett (Bonham Carter) -- whose popular meat pies secretly have a most unsavory ingredient.

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Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'fresh' by Rotten Tomatoes

86%Tomatometer score: 86% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Positive review
    Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out This is grand-scale studio-work at its most beguiling. – Full review External link
  2. Positive review
    Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor A considerable achievement even if, on balance, it's more of a Tim Burton phantasmagoria than a Sondheim fantasia. – Full review External link
  3. Positive review
    Bob Mondello, NPR.org The movie may substitute Grand Guignol for laughs at times, but it's spectacularly stylized -- each throat-slashing exceptional -- persuasively sung, and imaginatively adapted for the screen. – Full review External link
  4. Positive review
    James Christopher, Times [UK] Burton was born to film this strange and spooky chamber piece. – Full review External link
  5. Positive review
    Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times It's as if Burton was born to direct it. – Full review External link
  6. Positive review
    James Mottram, Film4 Gruesomely satisfying, fans of both Burton and Sondheim are equally liable to be pleased with this marvelous meeting of minds. If the film sags a little at times, its technical prowess and... – Full review External link

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