Cast: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall and Sacha Baron Cohen
Director: Tim Burton
Studio Synopsis: Arriving back in London after escaping from 15 years of false imprisonment in Australia, Benjamin Barker (Johnny Depp) vows to kill the evil Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman) and his nefarious henchman Beadle Bamford (Timothy Spall), who shipped him off to the other side of the world on a trumped-up charge in order to steal his wife, Lucy (Laura Michelle Kelly), and his baby daughter from him. Adopting the guise of Sweeney Todd, Barker sets up shop in his old Barber Shop above the pie-making premises of Mrs. Nellie Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter), who tells him that his wife poisoned herself after Judge Turpin took advantage of her. But when a rival barber, the flamboyant Italian Pirelli (Sacha Baron Cohen), threatens to expose Sweeney's real identity, Todd kills him by cutting his throat. Not knowing what to do with the body, Mrs. Lovett sees this crisis as a potential solution to her ailing businessÑand suggests using human flesh as the filling for her pies. Sweeney discovers that the Judge has turned his amorous affections towards Johanna (Jayne Wisener), Sweeney's now teenaged daughter, who has become Turpin's ward. Imprisoned in his house, Johanna is noticed one day by Anthony (Jamie Campbell Bower), a young sailor who rescued Sweeney from the sea. Hopelessly in love, Anthony vows to rescue Johanna and marry her himself. Meanwhile, Mrs. Lovett's pies soon become the talk of London, and as business booms, she dreams of respectability and a life at the seaside with Sweeney as her husband and her young charge, Pirelli's former assistant Toby (Edward Sanders), alongside as her adopted son. But Sweeney has only revenge on his mindÑto the detriment of anyone or anything else.
Rating: R
Running Time: 120 minutes
Official Web site: http://www.sweeneytoddmovie.com/
Trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/dreamworks/sweeneytodd/
Reviews:
Boca News (2 1/2 out of 4 stars)
EDGE Miami (A+)
Local 10 (3 out of 4 stars)
Metromix South Florida (4 1/2 out of 5 stars)
The Miami Herald (3 1/2 out of 4 stars)
Miami SunPost (2 1/2 out of 4 stars)
New Times Broward-Palm Beach
The Palm Beach Post (A)
The Sun-Sentinel (3 1/2 out of 4 stars) |
