Gary Cole, George Cole, Glenn Close

A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Hyde.

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R, 108 min.

Directed by: Stephen Frears

Release Date: February 23, 1996

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DVD Release Date: September 12, 2000

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  • February 10, 2008
    This movie captures my heart. Anyway, besides me, I think Julia Roberts played it all so well, even though Malkovich stole the spotlight all throughout the movie, I have to say this has to be one of the most best played roles Roberts has done in her career (despite what the criti...( read more)ques say!). In addition, Glen Close, as always, plays a perfectly wonderful, hard and wreched woman.
  • February 3, 2008
    tense and engaging, but more drama than scares
  • July 27, 2007
    Ruinously boring, but with a few meager strengths to it. It's a neat stab at period horror and Stephen Frears pulled off the atmosphere of the tale very well...but there's an odd disassociation that comes with knowing the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde already. I felt like I wa...( read more)s behind the plot and knew too much about it all at the same time.

    Julia Roberts is a disaster in this film and it's all because of her accent - or namely, her inability to utilize it or keep it consistent. John Malkovich isn't all that great either.

    This one's forgettable.
  • May 5, 2007
    I watched this a year ago or so, and as the main reviewer states, the finale must not have been than hot as I cannot remember the ending.
  • April 9, 2007
    This movie is really good, and the only thing keeping it from being great is it's pace. It's just this side of inert. Apart from that, it's witty and subtle and is based on a really brilliant idea. John Malkovich is superb in this, and I just find Hyde's fascination for Mary to b...( read more)e delicious. Glenn Close is equally spicy, which makes it a shame that she appears so briefly.
  • November 19, 2009
    Ain't malkovich just the best :D
  • November 5, 2009
    Watchable.....but easily forgetable
  • July 18, 2009
    i love it.............
  • July 4, 2009
    what a peice of crap this is. 98 mins that you will never get back. not even a true Julia Roberts fan can sit through this mess.
  • June 10, 2009
    Murky, mushy, glacially slow, and devoid of suspense, with one-note performances from the stars. Julia Roberts, unable to deploy her trademark smile, cowers like a scared rabbit, while John Malkovich inexplicably plays Jekyll and Hyde as looking and sounding almost exactly alike.

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Mary Reilly works as Gothic melodrama because it understands the genre so well. full review

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