Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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Released Dec 21, 2007

1h 57m

Musical

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Crime

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Evil Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman) lusts for the beautiful wife of a London barber (Johnny Depp) and transports him to Australia for a crime he did not commit. Returning after 15 years and calling himself Sweeney Todd, the now-mad man vows revenge, applying his razor to unlucky customers and shuttling the bodies down to Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter), who uses them in her meat-pie shop. Though many fall to his blade, he will not be satisfied until he slits Turpin's throat.

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Critics Consensus

Full of pith and Grand Guignol grossness, this macabre musical is perfectly helmed and highly entertaining. Tim Burton masterfully stages the musical in a way that will make you think he has done this many times before.

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Namrata Joshi

Outlook

It keeps getting bloodier by the scene, yet remains curiously engaging.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 29, 2019

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

Without any warmth and humor at all, how are you meant to care? I'm not saying you always have to care about someone in a movie - not at all - but here the story is so ludicrous that, unless you can, why bother?

Aug 23, 2018

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Joshua Rothkopf

Time Out

This is grand-scale studio-work at its most beguiling.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 17, 2011

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Nick Rogers

Midwest Film Journal

An entertaining piece of graphic poetry. When the blood starts to spurt, sputter and spit, it’s in just the right shade — not so thick and crimson as to be off-putting but not so fake and thin as to have no impact.

Rated: 3.5/4

Nov 9, 2023

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

A big, bold musical that functions as an upscale slasher film: It’s bloody but also bloody good.

Rated: 3.5/4

Oct 28, 2023

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David Reddish

Queerty

Director Tim Burton does take an iconoclastic approach to the material: here is a musical where characters whisper rather than belting to the back row. Burtons approach, while unusual by musical standards, is precisely what makes the movie work.

Rated: 4/4

Mar 20, 2022

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Dai M

This was a great film. Helena is so good.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/07/25

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Amelia H

Very good movie version of the musical. Very good characterisation from all the actors and great colour scheme. I want to particularly comment on the song 'By The Sea' as it really plays with a sense of the real life and fantasy/dream with the very contrasting colour schemes between each location. The costumes were very good and detailed as expected from a Tim Burton movie. The songs were mostly very good, I was however disappointed to learn some songs from the musical did not make it to the film. I am also sure that back in 2007 the CGI was top quality, but watching in 2025 did not do it the justice it deserved.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/04/25

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Alysha S

The musical numbers are phenomenal and the mood & lighting is compelling.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/25

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thiago s

Filme bacaninha, o roteiro é mais ou menos, o filme teve cenas boas como as mortes na cadeira com muito sangue, e quando o sweeney todd queimou a mulher na casa dele, mas a parte musical do filme e a história em si não foram boas e nao ajudaram o filmea ser bom, o filme colocou um clima gótico de antigamente que não ajudou muito.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/05/25

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Astrid M

bloody and entertaining, I'm not usually a fan of musicals but this film has me listening to the soundtrack in the car, a great revenge story with an amazing ending

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/22/24

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Everett S

i can rewatch this movie so many times and never get bored! i love the music I love the story I love the characters and especially the actors. all in all one of the best musical movie adaptations at least in the top 5

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/15/24

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Official Clip - Epiphany

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Synopsis

Evil Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman) lusts for the beautiful wife of a London barber (Johnny Depp) and transports him to Australia for a crime he did not commit. Returning after 15 years and calling himself Sweeney Todd, the now-mad man vows revenge, applying his razor to unlucky customers and shuttling the bodies down to Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter), who uses them in her meat-pie shop. Though many fall to his blade, he will not be satisfied until he slits Turpin's throat.

Director: Tim Burton
Producer: Richard D. Zanuck, Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, John Logan
Screenwriter: John Logan
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Zanuck Company, Parkes/MacDonald
Rating: R (Graphic Bloody Violence)
Genre: Musical, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 21, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $52.9M
Runtime: 1h 57m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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