Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter are peas in a pod. As gruesome co-conspirators, they bear a striking resemblance to their counterparts in Corpse Bride, right down to the pale skin and sunken eyes. Both are great actors, and their murderous nuances are winning. HOWEVER, neither one of them can sing very well. It’s passable, but having never seen the musical, I wonder what it was like to have singers in those roles. Gratefully there are some who are better in smaller roles, including freakishly pitch-perfect Jayne Wisener, an unknown who has potential flying out of her skinny Irish wazoo. Tim Burton’s signature style is stamped all over this; the striking gothic sets and Crayola-red squirting blood. It’s a hell of a thing to behold, even if you’re not humming any of the songs on the way out.