Mary Reilly

Julia should stick with rom-coms, because she was terrible in this. One of the worst accents I've ever heard an actor or actress utter.

Malkovich is predictably great as Jekyll/Hyde but the script wanders around aimlessly and includes an entirely pointless subplot concerning Mary's parents.

The mainstream big screen proved the wrong venue for this, which became a monstrous box-office and critical cropper. This might have enjoyed a kinder reception had it arrived as a PBS or A&E TV movie, where its sometimes funereal pacing, visual understatement, and unrelievedly dreary mise-en-scene would have been less glaring. Frears retells the Jekyll and Hyde saga from the eponymous servant's POV, resulting in "Jekyll & Hyde" Meets "Upstairs, Downstairs"

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There’s some pretty insane chemistry here & both leads are perfect.

Severely underrated.

Lots of John Malkovich brilliantly playing the role of John Malkovich yet again, and Julia Roberts playing a more serious role with some sublety, as well as a stack of well known (and Loved) British character actors. But there comes a time when plot subtlety crosses over in to boredom - and this crossed over.

48.000

However much I respect new takes on old material, Julia's on/off accent is horrendous, the love story underdeveloped and certain special effects unnecessary to a hilarious extent.

A lot of people pan Roberts' acting in this, but I think she did a good job. The trouble is people expect her to be the same plucky character she always plays, and that's not the character of Mary Reilly. This film is an intelligent, tense, but very gray and gloomy retelling of the Jekyll/Hyde story, that with the exception of its narrator is very close in ways to the book, particularly visible in the production design. Malkovich is a little too forced in the role of Jekyll/Hyde, but watchable.

36.500

This is one of those movies that sounds a lot better on paper and with different casting. So to sum that up, if it wasn't made and had a different lead, it would be better than this.

i was falling asleep in the theater.

Incredibly boring.

ok

Good remake of classic Frankenstein tale.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde beijng seen in a close up. Very good.

Poor.