Never forget. Never forgive.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jamie Campbell Bower |
| Director |
Tim Burton |
| Screenplay | John Logan, based on the play by Christopher Bond and musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler |
| Music | Stephen Sondheim |
| Cinematography | Dariusz Wolski |
| Editing | Chris Lebenzon |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2007 |
| Produced by | Dreamworks SKG, Film IT, Parkes/MacDonald Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures, The Zanuck Company |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Small | Medium | Large
| Genre | Crime, thriller, musical |
| Language | Mild, infrequent, no impact |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Intense psychological and physical violence, bloody, graphic |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | None |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
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Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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Topics to talk about |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Diane de Beer | 15 |  |
| Die Burger Jeanne Calitz | 15 | |
| Cape Times Carina Chocano | 15 | |
| The Citizen Natalie Bosman | 16 | |
| Sunday Times Barry Ronge | 10 |  |
| BBC Paul Arendt  Finally, Sweeney Todd is much like one of Mrs Lovett's meat pies: satisfying, drenched in blood and full of surprises. | 15 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert The bloodiest musical in stage history, it now becomes the bloodiest in film history, and it isn't a jolly romp, either, but a dark revenge tragedy with heartbreak, mayhem and bloody good meat pies. | 20 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli In the end, the real problem with the Demon Barber of Fleet Street is that he's not as bloody fun as he should be. | 13 |  |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers This Sweeney is a bloody wonder, intimate and epic, horrific and heart-rending as it flies on the wings of Sondheim's most thunderously exciting score. | 18 | |
| ScreenItWhile certainly not for all viewers, and even if it takes a bit to gain viewer engagement and traction, the film turns out to be, pardon the obligatory pun, fairly bloody fun for those looking for an unusual, but surprisingly engaging and entertaining movie musical. | 14 | |
| Metacritic.com 39 critics | 17 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 176 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer This macabre musical is perfectly helmed and highly entertaining. | 17 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 37401 Netizens Dark Humor Done Right | 16 | |
Average .. 77% | 15 | |