In 1846, Anthony Hope sails into London with the mysterious Sweeney Todd, a once-naive barber whose life and marriage was uprooted by a corrupt justice system. Todd confides in Nellie Lovett, the owner of a local meat pie shop, and the two become partners, as Todd swears revenge on those that have wronged him and decides to take up his old profession.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street has generally received very positive reviews.
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street was released in 1982 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 378 reviews, giving Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982) an average rating of 80%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 84%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 80%, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1982, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1982 with similar scores include films like E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Gandhi.
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