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Title: An astounding disappointment.
Review: This is perhaps the worst bastardization of a stage musical ever committed to film. The hideous truncation of Sondheim's brilliant score is the central flaw, from which the film can't recover. Another serious liability is the astonishingly bland, one-note performance by Johnny Depp. That this talented actor was so utterly miscast in this role--only to be nominated for a Best Actor Oscar, no less--speaks volumes about what is wrong with Hollywood, circa 2008...and why Hollywood should just stop adapting great stageworks into unfathomably poor film versions.
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