Where my number ten spot went to a musical that was solely a bubbly musical with a lot of heart, this spot goes to a musical that is dark, tragic, and brilliantly inventive. Tim Burton's characteristic dark eye is all over this film in the dark grays of industrial London, contrasted only by the blood pouring from the necks of Sweeney's clients. The songs are dialogue in music form and not once does any of the performers falter in their delivery. Most notable is Helena Bonham Carter in one of the best performances of the year as she delivers the sad, desperate and poisonously sweet charm of Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney's accomplice. When it comes to vision Burton has never been short of it, and this time it truly pays off in the best way, and by the end we are in no doubt we have seen Burton's masterpiece as the blood pours in buckets.
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