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December 21, 2007

At the Movies: 'Sweeney Todd' a perfect, blood-soaked fit for Burton

By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP Movie Critic

“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” is the quintessential Tim Burton movie, even though it springs from somebody else's celebrated mind.

SWEENEY TODD:
THE DEMON BARBER
OF FLEET STREET

Director: Tim Burton

Cast: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen

Rating: R for graphic bloody violence

Running time: 117 minutes
Everything about Stephen Sondheim's revered musical, which provided the inspiration for the film, seems tailor-made for the director's sensibilities. Truly, what other filmmaker could tell the story of a vengeful barber (Johnny Depp) who slits his customers' throats and the lovesick baker (Helena Bonham Carter) who grinds up the dead bodies for her meat pies?


 
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