- March 27, 2008
Burton, Depp, and Atwood Together Again On Screen For Sweeney Todd
Fleet Street's new fashion guru isn't a stranger to the trade. Colleen Atwood, 2 time Academy Award winner, was pulled back into the ring for Tim Burton's new Sondheim adaptation to the silver screen. The film is called Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. It's likely to be equal parts macabre, charming, humourous, entertaining, mysterious, just enough off the normalcy meter... well you've seen Tim Burton movies, so you surely get the idea.
Sweeney Todd and Blood Singing Through Open Throats
Musicals always make me yawn and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street did not change that. However, that statement doesn't sum up this review or the quality of the movie.
Movie Review: The Sweeney Todd
The fact that this film is certified 18 made me think that there was going to be horror and gore beyond my liking. Indeed there is plenty of murder and some of the scenes could be quite harrowing to some viewers. However, despite the dark theme and terrifying, disturbing plot I throughly enjoyed it.
Review: Sweeny Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Once again Tim Burton. Once again a musical. This time, though, with real actors. And among them, once again, Johnny Depp. And it has been already six the collaborations between the Gothic filmmaker and the idiosyncratic performer.