Sweeney Todd

Perhaps I shouldn't be impressed when people who make their living in the theater arts can carry a tune. Nevertheless, I thought Johnny Depp, Sacha Baron Cohen, Alan Rickman, and Helena Bonham Carter were all really good in this film, in no small part due to their singing abilities which, while not spectacular, and maybe not as good as the adolescents and the kid, whom I suspect of being stage folk, were good, solid work. I liked this movie quite a bit. I guess maybe I liked the music, which I was not familiar with, but I liked the movie as well. A bit dark, yes, but I enjoyed it. I thought Cohen was very good in his small role. I thought Depp was very good in his consuming hate and need for revenge. I thought Bonham Carter was very good in her spot as well. I liked her By The Sea song. I liked her wry wit. I thought Rickman was good as athe lothario who was, in fact, enamoured. Lots of good roles played by good people (did not like the adolescents so much, but the kid was very good). Bloody, but good.