Rating of
4/4
Review - Sweeney Todd (2007)
Delorted - wrote on 12/21/07
Benjamin Barker (Johnny Depp) was a respectable barber before the amorous Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman) sent him away on a false charge to better himself with Benjamin’s wife. Now, back under the name Sweeney Todd, Barker vows to seek revenge with his neighbor Mrs. Lovitt (Helena Bonham Carter) in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”
I had been waiting literally all year for this movie, and finally I got to see it. All of that waiting, all of that pent up excitement, none of it compared with the final result, nor did it take away from the enjoyment like it has in the past with movies. I can honestly say that this is one of the greatest movies I have ever seen.
The music is fantastic and the style is like nothing I have ever seen before. This is the first movie I have ever actually left the theater afterwards in a cold sweat, feeling weak, hands shaking. I can’t even describe how this film affected me any better than that.
After the whole “Can Johnny Depp sing?” problem was resolved, there was nothing but to wait, and God, was it good. “Sweeney Todd” is an indescribably wonderful, beautiful movie that truly broke enough barriers to be considered one of the greatest of all time.
Acting: 10/10
Writing: 10/10
Video/Editing: 10/10
Audio/Music: 10/10
Entertainment: 10/10
Final Score: 10/10
