In the Victorian London the barber Benjamin Barker is married to the gorgeous Lucy and they have a lovely child Johanna. The beauty of Lucy attracts the attention of the corrupt Judge Turpin who falsely accuses the barber of a crime that he did not commit and abuses Lucy later after gaining custody of her. After fifteen years in exile Benjamin returns to London under the new identity of Sweeney Todd seeking revenge against Turpin. He meets the widow Mrs. Lovett who is the owner of a meat pie shop who tells him that Lucy swallowed arsenic many years ago and Turpin assigned himself tutor of Johanna. He opens a barber shop above her store initiating a crime rampage against those who made him suffer and lose his beloved family.
Review
Good dark fun.
I knew nothing of this movie except Tim Burton and Johnny Depp had something to do with it and that as the executive director put it there was "lots of blood". I don't think of myself as liking musicals although I should probably reconsider now.
I had a moment of dread when the movie started and there was a mention of Sacha Baron Cohen being in it. However his performance was in fact quite good. While his acting has a few things in common with his overthetop Borat character it somehow fits rather well within the movie.
Some elements of the plot are rather predictable in a Greek tragedy sort of way but it doesn't really detract from the movie. We get to enjoy the downward spiral even though we know its shape.
All in all the movie was awesome filled with damned and hopeless characters that still made you laugh at every turn.
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