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DVD review

SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET

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A well-made screen version of the Sondheim classic

Friday May 16,2008

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An Oscar-nominated Johnny Depp gives another great performance as the vengeance-seeking barber in Tim Burton’s graphic, ghoulish adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s Seventies’ Broadway musical.

More like a Hammer horror than a traditional knees-up, it is extremely well made, with Burton creating a film that is both menacing and touching.

Helena Bonham Carter impresses with a poignant turn as a lovelorn pie maker.


OUR VERDICT: 4/5
Cert 18, Warner Home Video
DVD: rental and retail


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