By Ryan Parsons | Image property of Paramount Pictures.
Sweeney Todd
Another screening report has surfaced for Sweeney Todd and it can't stop singing the film praises.
Screening Report: Sweeney Todd
The good people over at AICN have posted the second screening report I have encountered for Sweeney Todd. The reviewer is specific, and doesn't mind quickly comparing the film to the stage musical that it was based off of. In short, they don't compare; but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Depp is exquisite. Bonham-Carter will split the theatre crowd. Her acting is deliciously low-key, but her unsupported singing voice doesn't really match her speaking voice. That said, in the end, hers might be the most haunting performance in this movie. Rickman, Spall, Cohen, and everyone else are superb. The design is breathtaking. The cinematography is sumptuous.
I've been a Tim Burton fan since Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. But he's hurled himself to a new level with this one. And in the process, he's shown the way in making movie musicals. By grafting his distinctive visual style and storytelling technique to a bolt-solid musical, he has transformed both the art and the artist. This is a new Sweeney Todd. His best movie since Ed Wood, and the best movie musical since Little Shop Of Horrors.
Ready to hear Depp and Carter sing? Then read the entire report at AICN.
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