Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [Blu-ray] [2007] | ![Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [Blu-ray] [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51v0bcdZn9L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Johnny Depp, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham-carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: £27.99
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 4858
Format: Widescreen
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 112
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 7321900211253
ASIN: B0012YG7RS
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: May 19, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter, Alan Rickman
Amazon.co.uk Review
After years of rumours, it turns out that Tim Burton was the perfect visionary to film Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Stephen Sondheim's Broadway masterpiece, and the result is a macabre and moving musical movie as enthralling as anything Burton has ever done. The show's mix of gothic horror, Grand Guignol, very dark humor, and witty and beautiful music never was the stuff of traditional musical comedy, but it's a powerful work, and perhaps the richest of the late 20th century. In the movie, Burton's frequent collaborator, Johnny Depp, plays Todd, a wronged man whose lust for revenge drives him to murder (an 19th-century legend who has been traced to a real-life barber). Helena Bonham Carter, another Burton mainstay, is Mrs. Lovett, the barber's partner-in-unspeakable-crime. It's no surprise that Depp is an excellent choice to convey Todd's brooding intensity and volcanic rage, but he can also sing a score that is so challenging it has often played in opera houses (though not with the same style as the Broadway original, Len Cariou, and he occasionally lapses into pop style). Bonham Carter is small of voice and lacks the humour of the original Broadway Lovett, Angela Lansbury, but she sings on pitch, in rhythm, and in character at the same time, which is no small feat for a Sondheim show. Aficionados will regret the loss of certain musical passages--"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" is just an instrumental overture and the chorus is gone altogether, among others, but the reassuring presence of orchestrator Jonathan Tunick and conductor Paul Gemignani ensures that the music feels right and sounds great. And the film's depiction of a Victorian London hellhole, with cinematography by Dariusz Wolski and costumes by Colleen Atwood, also looks and feels right. The excellent cast is filled out by Alan Rickman as the villainous Judge Turpin, Timothy Spall as his seedy Beadle, Sacha Baron Cohen as a rival barber, Jamie Campbell Bower as the young lover Anthony, Jayne Wisener as his object of affection, and Ed Sanders as the young Toby. For fans of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp who don't think they like musicals, Sweeney Todd should be a revelation (though not for the squeamish, as the gore is intense and completely appropriate). For fans of Broadway and Sondheim, it's hard to imagine getting a better adaptation than this. The fact that there's no newly composed Oscar-bait song sung by a Josh Groban-type over the end credits only makes it better. --David Horiuchi
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Hmmm.... August 25, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ok, like me you're probably not one to buy many musicals but you digg Burton and Depp. What to do?
Well, here's my take... in simple terms;
It looks great.
The songs vary from dull to quite amusing. Not that catchy or classic but the odd one is amusing.
The story line is OK, fairly basic.
The actors perform well and the leads are charismatic.
Conclusion? Meh... you know, it's OK. That about sums it up. There are better and worse places to spend your money! Sorry to be tepid about the whole affair but that's how I feel. If you must, buy it but you won't be missing much if you don't!
Not a stunning blu-ray either.
 Movie: 3.75/5 Picture Quality: 4~4.75/5 Sound Quality: 4~4.5/5 Extras: 4/5 July 14, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Version: U.K / Hong Kong
VC-1 BD-50
Running time: 1:56:22
Movie size: 29,153,937,408 bytes
Disc size: 45,585,051,868 bytes
Total Bit Rate: 33.40 Mbps
Average Video Bit Rate: 23.83 Mbps
Audio : Dolby TrueHD 16-bit / Dolby Digital 640 Kbps
 Absolute trash. July 10, 2008
0 out of 18 found this review helpful
I failed to see anything good about this film. The music was aweful, the scenes of violence repetative and the story pointless. Absolute garbage.
 WHAT IS THE POINT OF GIVING THIS A BAD REVIEW BECAUSE YOU IDIOTS DIDN'T REALISE IT WAS A MUSICAL??????!!!!!??????? June 29, 2008
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
Jeez Louise people, c'mon!!! Great musical, good film. Highly recommended. Pretty good blu ray transfer too.
It is definately a musical June 10, 2008
1 out of 28 found this review helpful
I don't know, I saw Johnny Depp was in it, sweeney todd story & that's where I placed it on pre-order for rental, should of looked into it more but it is song after wide mouthed londoner song, terrible, ok if you like that sort of thing but god is it annoying to watch & more to listen to.
If only they had dropped the singing it may of been a decent movie & at least watchable.
Not going to watch anymore, had enough of that, can't bear another bit of it, glad I didn't buy it. What a let down.
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