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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Never forget. Never forgive.

Set in London a few hundred years back, a young barber is happily married with a wife and daughter. An evil judge takes a fancy to his wife, and deports the barber to Australia on trumped-up charges. Years later, the barber manages to return, seeking revenge. He sets up shop in his old premises, but with a twist... customers leave via a chute to the meat pie kitchen downstairs, after he has slit their throats...

115 minutes, No persons under 16 (Violence)
Crime, Drama, Musical, Thriller.

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Credits
Cast	Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jamie Campbell Bower
Director	Tim Burton
Screenplay	John Logan, based on the play by Christopher Bond and musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
Music	Stephen Sondheim
Cinematography	Dariusz Wolski
Editing	Chris Lebenzon
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2007
Produced by	Dreamworks SKG, Film IT, Parkes/MacDonald Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures, The Zanuck Company
SA Distributor	Nu Metro

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Crime, thriller, musical
Language	Mild, infrequent, no impact
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Intense psychological and physical violence, bloody, graphic
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy
Drug abuse
Comments	None
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarDiane de Beer	15
Die BurgerJeanne Calitz	15
Cape TimesCarina Chocano	15
The CitizenNatalie Bosman	16
Sunday TimesBarry Ronge	10
International Media
BBC (UK)Paul Arendt	15
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	20
ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli	13
Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers	18
ScreenIt (USA)	14
Metacritic.com39 critics	17
RottenTomatoes.com176 critics	15
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	17
Internet (IMDB)37401 Netizens	16

Average .. 77%	15

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