So just how many screen versions of this story are there? At least this one isn’t the usual Sondheim line. Instead Ray Winstone plays the Demon Barber of Fleet Street as a garden-variety psychopath, a man who cuts throats mostly because he isn’t able to prevent himself from doing so. Mrs. Lovett is also somewhat different, with her own back story and everything. We even get to find out what happened to Mr. Lovett. This is a lot easier to believe than the elaborate Broadway version, but it also isn’t as much fun. Mildly amusing
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