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From Hell (2001)

October. 19,2001
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6.7
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R
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Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.

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StyleSk8r
2001/10/19

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

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BelSports
2001/10/20

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

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Hayden Kane
2001/10/21

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

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Donald Seymour
2001/10/22

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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slightlymad22
2001/10/23

Continuing my plan to watch every Johnny Depp movie in order, I come to From Hell.I have always liked this one, and find it enjoyable. Depp is in top form, Robbie Coltrane is always reliable, Ian Holm hams it up brilliantly and the under rated Paul Rhys is as solid as ever. That man should have had a much bigger career. If there is one criticism of the cast it is Heather Graham. Ignoring her accent, she is simply too attractive!! I can't imagine a single punter who would pay for sex with any of the other prostitutes, when Graham's Mary Kelly was about!! Dark, brooding and full of intense atmosphere, I usually revisit this every couple of years. From Hell grossed $31 million the domestic box office to end 2001 as the 75th highest grossing movie of the year.Following the high of Sleepy Hollow $101 mill (21st) Depp's more mainstream movies were headed in the wrong direction. Chocolat $71 mill (32nd) Blow $52 mill (47th) From Hell $31 mill (75th)His next movie released changed everything.

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grantss
2001/10/24

Interesting take on the Jack the Ripper story. Was fairly gripping for most of the time, but drifted towards the end and spluttered out.Innovative plot ends up being too far-fetched.Decent acting by Johnny Depp, Robbie Coltrane, Heather Graham and Ian Holm. Depp's fake English accent was not very believable though.

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Rainey Dawn
2001/10/25

This film is an interesting spin on the story of Jack the Ripper. It will be up to the viewer if they agree somewhat, completely agree or totally disagree with what happened, how it happened, who Jack the Ripper was and his connections.What really happened during the rein of terror from Jack the Ripper remains a mystery to this day. Police and hobbyist are still trying to solve the case to this very day. It's interesting when people come up with a new theory of what happened and who Jack was.Now, watching this movie as "purely Hollywood cinema" and not from a point of historical accuracy the movie is good, to me. There is some very scary scenes - quite horrifying really. The movie has a good story even if it's not quite accurate and has some flaws it's still a good horror film over all.8/10

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Roel1973
2001/10/26

If the killer of five street hookers had been arrested in 1888 his name would not have been anything more than a foot note in criminology. Our fascination with Jack the Ripper has less to do with his bloody handy work than with the simple question of who he was. Countless books have been written, countless theories posed. Like the conspiracy theory which places Jack in the middle of British royalty and which is the focus of From Hell.In From Hell the conspiracy is discovered by Inspector Abberline (Johnny Depp), who is portrayed as having visions of the killer while high on opium. It's a mystical plot element which is totally irrelevant to the story, as is a cameo by the Elephant Man himself. With an overstuffed screenplay, based on the graphic novel, From Hell just has too much going on and makes too little of the actual plot. It has one plus though: the movie looks great, with a convincingly filthy Whitechapel full of equally filthy prostitutes with bad teeth and greasy hair. Except, of course, for Mary Kelly as played by Heather Graham who gets Abberline's juices flowing with her beautiful head of fiery red hair.The Hughes brothers make the most of the production design and they know how to suggest a bloody murder without showing too much. But they lack any feel for suspense. Not once do they make you squeeze your arm chair.

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