4. "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

December 17, 2007

 

The year’s best musical is also the year’s best horror movie. Only a twisted genius like Tim Burton could pull it off. With invaluable assists from Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and one of the year’s strongest ensemble casts, Burton delivers righteous cinematic justice for legendary composer Stephen Sondheim’s masterpiece of vengeance. Burton’s bleakly beautiful aesthetic has never felt more purposeful than it does when matched with the technical and psychological complexity of Sondheim’s score; it’s an electrifying combination of filmmaker and source material. I’d list every one of the crew members worthy of individual praise, but there’s not enough room here for the entire end credits scroll.

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