Who knew making pies could be such a cut-throat business?
It's an incredibly bloodthirsty film, but a very suitable subject for both Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter and Tim Burton, who pull out all the stops. The supporting cast are excellent, although Alan Rickman doesn't get to be villainous enough. I don't usually like musicals, and it's difficult to warm to this one given the subject, but I can respect the art when it's done this well. It's amazing how well everyone sings.
Oh, a little detail. Tower Bridge was finished in 1894, about fifty years after the original story came out and twenty years after Charles Dickens died, so if you see Oliver Twist or David Copperfield with Tower Bridge in the background, as here, it's a continuity error.
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