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Mary Reilly (1996)

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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.
 

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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... 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 physically wrenching childhood at the hands of her cruel father, Mary grew up with a dichotomous view of men. It is then fitting that the adult Mary becomes a housekeeper for one Dr. Jekyll (John Malkovich). Slowly, the reserved woman begins to open up to him emotionally, and the two become close. However, as Mary begins to innocently spy on the well respected doctor, she soon discovers strange secrets about his personality, including nightly outings to a seedy bordello run by a vicious madam (Glenn Close). When Jekyll's assistant, Hyde, begins working at the mansion, Mary becomes attracted to him, for he is younger, stronger and more virile than Jekyll. Amidst the ominous walls of the doctor's foreboding home, Mary is forced to realize the truth about her employer and his seductive "assistant." [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

DVD Info

Release:

Dec 9, 2000

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Letterboxed - Anamorphic - 1.85:1
  • Pan & Scan - 1.33:1
  • Single Side - Single Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital Surround - English
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
  • Dolby Digital Surround - French
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - Spanish
  • Dolby Digital Surround - Spanish
  • Dolby Digital Surround - Portuguese
  • Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 - Portuguese

Additional Release Material:

  • Featurette
  • Trailers - Original Theatrical Trailer
  • Bonus Trailers - BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA, JOHN CARPENTER'S VAMPIRES

Interactive Features:

  • Scene Access
  • Interactive Menus

Text/ Photo Galleries:

  • Production Notes
  • Biographies - 1. Stephen Frears - Director
  • 2. Julia Roberts - Star
  • 3. John Malkovich - Star

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02/09/06
Derek Adams
Time Out
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3/5

Certainly Julia Roberts' strangest role, and she does an OK job.

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03/02/08
Steve Crum
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1/5

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05/07/07
Chuck O'Leary
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07/19/05
Emanuel Levy
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04/09/05
Robin Clifford
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01/24/05
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)
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1.5/4

[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).

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12/28/04
Michael Dequina
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2/5

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07/29/04
Andy Klein
New Times
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1/5

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06/04/04
Sarah Chauncey
Reel.com
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3/5

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09/05/03
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals
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1/5

If nothing else, proves that when you take Julia's lipstick away, much of her appeal goes, too.

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05/25/03
Andrea Chase
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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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05/20/03
Jim Shelby
Palo Alto Weekly
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2/10

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04/04/03
Dragan Antulov
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03/27/03
Robert Roten
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2/5

No review available.

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01/15/03
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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I have nightmares about being forced to sit through 'Mary Reilly' one more time.

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01/12/03
Betty Jo Tucker
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12/06/02
Brian J. Arthurs
Beach Reporter (Southern California)
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08/29/02
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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Psychological thriller that nibbles at the edges of the theme of sexual repression and its perils.

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08/22/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
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