Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2007 · 116 min · EN · R · 7.2 (6,537 votes)

Dir. Tim Burton · Starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jamie Campbell Bower · Music Stephen Sondheim

“Never forget. Never forgive.”

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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.

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This is a grim, operatic descent into madness and retribution, awash in a rich, oppressive gothic atmosphere. It feels both tragically beautiful and viscerally unsettling, a relentless journey through a world stained by injustice and consumed by a singular, dark obsession. Expect a darkly romantic, yet deeply disturbing, experience.

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