I suppose Tim Burton has Johnny Depp and his Corpse Bride Helena Bonham Carter on speed-dial, so that when he feels like making another dark fantasy movie he can quickly get over with casting the main characters. Composer Danny Elfman must have been the next one to call, except that in the case of a Broadway musical adaptation all the music has already been written. Depp landed a Best Actor Oscar Nomination for the part, and is thus excused to make a couple more silly pirate movies if it so pleases him. Alan Rickman and Sacha Baron Cohen complete the big name roster, and newcomers Jamie Campbell Bower and Ed Sanders also impress.

Rated R for a reason: Everyone sings, almost everyone dies. Rivers of blood. Cannibalism.

8 points

It is a drink of the jelly type with which a necessary nutrient is anywhere easily ingestible when there are neither a busy morning nor an appetite.

The taste is atrocious, too.