Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

I know this is coming a little late, but better late than never.

I first of this play a few years ago while watching the movie jersey girl in which the play was mentioned. I briefly looked it up and thought it was an interesting play. A butcher who kills people and the lady who lives below turns them into meat pies, well that was the gyst of what I knew about it anyways. So when I heard it was supposed to be turned into a movie, I got excited to see how it would be done. After learning who would be in the film, I was hoping they wouldn’t let me down and that it still was going to be a musical. I think what worried me was how gruesome it would be. I am glad to say I was impressed.

These days you never know what to expect when Johnny Depp takes a role, what he will bring to the character or change it. With Tim Burton directing it, I knew it would be different. As it came closer to see the movie I finally learned more about the story of how Sweeney Todd became, well, Sweeney Todd.

Our story is about a man who was wrongly accused and arrested and taken to prison, and once he escaped became Mr. Todd a man bent on revenge. He befriended the woman who sold meat pies and together created the most interesting musical to be turned into a film.

I was happy to be able to see the film, and I give it great reviews, a stunning performance by all actors in this movie. I was surprised at the Talent of Johnny Depp and Helen Bonham Carter in their singing. An Extremely dark movie, but well put together with the right amount of humor.

This is by no means a childs movie, made plain by the adult rating it was given. It does contain some scenes that are hard to watch for some as it is somewhat gruesome.

I recommend this film to all of you, as long as you can handle the graphic nature of murder. It has amazing song, and a deep story line.

I give it 5 IceCreams Scoops out of 5
Rated R for graphic bloody violence.