Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.
- widow
- asylum
- confession
- razor
- villain
- musical
- beggar
- based on play or musical
- child in peril
- cane
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Sacha Baron Cohen — Pirelli
- Jamie Campbell Bower — Anthony
- Laura Michelle Kelly — Lucy / Beggar Woman
- Jayne Wisener — Johanna
- Ed Sanders — Toby
- Gracie May Weldon — Baby Johanna
- Ava May — Baby Johanna
- Jody Halse — Policeman
- Aron Paramor — Policeman
- Lee Whitlock — Policeman
- Nick Haverson — Pirelli / Todd Customer
- Directed
- Tim Burton
- Written
- John Logan
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 6,468 ratings
- Studio
- DreamWorks Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, The Zanuck Company, Dombey Street Productions, Parkes+MacDonald Production
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
