Rating: R
Genre:
Musical
Theatrical Release: 12/21/2007(USA)
Release Date: 10/21/2008
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD2/DD5.1
Run Time: 116 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence
Distributor/Studio: Dreamworks Video
Stephen Sondheim's award-winning
musical thriller comes to the big screen in this adaptation directed by
Tim Burton and starring
Johnny Depp,
Helena Bonham Carter,
Sacha Baron Cohen,
Timothy Spall, and
Alan Rickman. Embittered at having been wrongly imprisoned and determined to seek vengeance against his accusers due to the grim fate that befell his wife and daughter while he was incarcerated, ex-convict
Sweeny Todd (
Depp) returns to his hometown and opens a modest barber shop. The one thing different about
Todd's shop, however, is that no one who walks in for a trim is ever seen again. Subsequently branded "The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" by the frightened community,
Todd continues with his murderous exploits with a little assistance from his amorous accomplice
Mrs. Lovett (
Bonham Carter) -- whose popular meat pies are proven to have a most unsavory ingredient.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide