Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

Bias Rating

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Viewer Rating

Rating: 7.8

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street poster

Overview

In the Victorian London, the barber Benjamin Barker is married to the gorgeous Lucy and they have a lovely child, Johanna. The beauty of Lucy attracts the attention of the corrupt Judge Turpin, who falsely accuses the ba...

Starring Cast

Johnny Depp • Helena Bonham Carter • Alan Rickman

Where to watch

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Bias Dimensions

Political: Leans Left

Diversity: Low

Overview

Starring Cast

Johnny Depp • Helena Bonham Carter • Alan Rickman

Where to watch

Prime Video

Apple TV

Google Play

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...

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Primary

Political: Leans LeftConfidence: High

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.

Diversity: LowConfidence: High

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

LGBTQ: N/AConfidence: High

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.

FemPower: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

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.

Race Swap: NoConfidence: High

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.