A Bleedin' Masterpiece ; It May Be Gory to Watch but Depp Proves He Can Cut It As the Singing Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Daily Mail (January 25, 2008)

Author: Chris Tookey

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SWEENEY TODD (18) VERDICT: I LOVETT!

FOUR people with a touch of genius worked on this: composer- lyricist Stephen Sondheim, director Tim Burton, actor Johnny Depp and orchestrator Jonathan Tunick. So it should come as no surprise that they have come up with one of the few great musical films of recent years.

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A Bleedin' Masterpiece ; It May Be Gory to Watch but Depp Proves He Can Cut It As the Singing Demon Barber of Fleet Street

It deserved many more Oscar nominations than the three it has received (for Depp, costumes and art direction) and is, in many ways, superior to Chicago, which won Best Picture a few years ago.

This is a gripping ...

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