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02/09/06
Mary Reilly (1996)
28 %
Reviews Counted: 40 Fresh: 11 Rotten:29 Average Rating: 4.4/10
Consensus:
The movie looks good and has its moments. But, overall, the movie borders on boredom.
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Synopsis: This Gothic melodrama, adapted from the novel by Valerie Martin, depicts the infamous tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde from the perspective of Dr. Jekyll's naive housemaid, a poor servant girl from gloomy Edinburgh named Mary Reilly (Julia Roberts). Having suffered an emotionally and... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Julia Roberts, John Malkovich, Glenn Close, Michael Gambon, Bronagh Gallagher
Director: Stephen Frears
Composer: George Fenton
Story: Robert Louis Stevenson, Valerie Martin
Screenwriter: Christopher Hampton
Producer: Ned Tanen, Nancy Graham Tanen, Norma Heyman
Composer: George Fenton
Story: Robert Louis Stevenson, Valerie Martin
Screenwriter: Christopher Hampton
Producer: Ned Tanen, Nancy Graham Tanen, Norma Heyman
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04/09/05
[Roberts's] acting is of the Melrose Place/Andrew Shue variety, her eyes blank and mouth often agape (not unlike the photo of her used in the print ads).
12/28/04
If nothing else, proves that when you take Julia's lipstick away, much of her appeal goes, too.
05/25/03
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05/20/03
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I have nightmares about being forced to sit through 'Mary Reilly' one more time.
01/12/03
Psychological thriller that nibbles at the edges of the theme of sexual repression and its perils.
08/22/02
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