Tim Burton's grand guignol fantasy transforms Stephen Sondheim's 1979 musical-theater piece into a cheerfully gothic morality tale.
London, mid-19th century: Once there was a barber, a foolish barber named Benjamin Barker (Johnny Depp), who never imagined that his radiantly lovely wife, Lucy (Laura Michelle Kelly), might be viciously coveted by the ruthless likes of Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman). But she was, poor thing, and the heartless Turpin had Barker transported to Australia on a trumped-up charge. His efforts to make Lucy his own failed — she poisoned herself with arsenic — so he raised her baby daughter, Johanna (Jayne Wisener), to young womanhood wit...
Released:
2007
Rated:
R
Length:
116 mins