If you're a Tim Burton, Johnny Depp or Stephen Sondheim fan (and I'd guess a lot of moviegoers fall into one of those three categories), your time has come!

Sweeney Todd has landed, and those who've seen it are going gaga over it. Check out the Variety review here.

A couple of our trade folks also caught a special screening, and can't stop raving about it.


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Apparently, Johnny Depp can sing, and does a lot more in the lead role, creating a memorable, empathetic Sweeney Todd.

Tim Burton, according to our people, has crafted a "dark, but pure" masterpiece, which has a "good blend of comedy, love story and villains to root against."

While reporters speculate whether the project’s too bloody for the best pic Academy Award and/or wide spread success, I’ll call phooey.

This one has lots of positive buzz, the success of a Broadway musical, and an A-list filmmaking team. Violence didn't hurt Pulp Fiction, and music lovers tuned in big-time for Hairspray.

Here's to the movie hitting the plus-$100 million mark, which I predict is only a wide release away (the film opens limited on Dec. 21, but then expands nationwide in January).

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