Paramount+Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.8
Overview
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
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Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Negative
Overview
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Paramount+Apple TVGoogle PlayDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film is left-leaning due to its dominant themes critiquing systemic injustice, the abuse of power by the elite, and stark class disparity, which drive the protagonist's tragic descent into violence.
The film features traditional casting with no explicit race or gender swaps of established roles, maintaining a historically consistent portrayal of its Victorian London setting. The narrative, while exploring themes of social injustice and corruption, does not explicitly critique traditional identities in a DEI context, focusing instead on individual moral failings and the dark realities of the period.
Secondary
The film portrays nominal Christian figures, particularly Judge Turpin and Beadle Bamford, as deeply corrupt and hypocritical, using their positions of power and religious pretense to commit heinous acts. The narrative offers no counterbalancing positive portrayal of the faith or its adherents, depicting a society where religious morality has failed.
The film 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The story's focus is on Sweeney Todd's quest for revenge against Judge Turpin, with all character motivations and relationships being heteronormative or not explicitly defined as queer.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film adapts the established characters from the musical and its source material, maintaining the original gender for all major roles. No characters canonically established as one gender are portrayed as a different gender.
All major characters in the 2007 film adaptation of Sweeney Todd are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with the established canonical and historical depictions of those characters from the source material. No instances of a race swap were identified.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
7.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
7.3
7.2
Critic Ratings
8.6
8.3
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