Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.3/10· 405K votes

Rotten Tomatoes86%

Metacritic83%

TMDb7.2/10· 6K votes

With 86% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.3/10 on IMDb and 83/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.

Cast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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  Johnny Depp

  as Sweeney Todd

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  Helena Bonham Carter

  as Mrs. Lovett

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  Alan Rickman

  as Judge Turpin

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  Timothy Spall

  as Beadle

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  Sacha Baron Cohen

  as Pirelli

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  Jamie Campbell Bower

  as Anthony

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  Laura Michelle Kelly

  as Lucy / Beggar Woman

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  Jayne Wisener

  as Johanna

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  Ed Sanders

  as Toby

• G

  Gracie May Weldon

  as Baby Johanna

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  Ava May

  as Baby Johanna

• J

  Jody Halse

  as Policeman

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street facts

Budget

$50M

Box office

$153.4M

Our take on Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Tim Burton's 2007 drama-horror adapts the celebrated Broadway musical, telling the grim tale of Benjamin Barker, who returns to London as Sweeney Todd and opens a barber shop above the pie-maker Mrs. Lovett. Their sinister partnership drives a story soaked in gothic gloom, dark humor and Stephen Sondheim's songs. Burton's signature palette of shadow and pallor gives the material a storybook menace. This is theatrical, blood-forward musical horror, best for viewers who embrace sung-through drama and macabre spectacle; those expecting realism or squeamish about gore should look elsewhere. If Burton's morbid stylings and musical melodrama appeal, it makes a distinctive, uneasy watch.