Dagmara Dominczyk, Guy Pearce, Henry Cavill
Dashing young sailor Edmond Dantes is a guileless and honest man, whose peaceful life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are abruptly shattered when his best friend Fernand, who wants Mercedes ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 10, 2002
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May 5, 2009Well, to be honest, I have only looked at parts of the book of circa 1000 pages by Dumas. Yes yes, I know you're supposed to read the book first, but I was feeling lazy. Needless to say, it was an intimidating volume.
It's quite lengthy; over 2 hours. But it's worth your time. A...( read more) -
February 6, 2009The best revenge story ever. A great adaption of the book. Performances were great all around, but the performance has to be Guy Pearce for being believably arrogant and a character that compells you to hate with a vengence
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January 20, 2009Edmond Dantes naively accepts a letter from Napoleon and is consequently betrayed and imprisoned for 13 years. Upon his escape, he sets about destroying those responsible. The Count Of Monte Cristo is a solid, reasonably faithful adaptation of Dumas' literary classic with a stron...( read more)
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October 13, 2008"Prepare for adventure. Count on revenge."
The classic tale of swashbuckling adventure by the senior Alexandre Dumas comes to the screen in its umpteenth incarnation, this time from Kevin Reynolds, directing his first feature in five years. James Caviezel stars as Edmond ...( read more) -
September 7, 2008Insult to anyone who has ever laid eyes on the Count of Monte Cristo as a book.....
if they change the title i might actually like this film, but they have actually written a different story entirely. missed out almost every single important character (or changed their gender) a...( read more) -
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October 26, 2009the movie has justified the novel pretty well...i liked the realization that revenge doesn't end as good as one would think, it merely destroys the person doing it...
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October 20, 2009As a big fan of the book, I was a little disapointed; the film is fine but there is another film made in 1934 that is way better. If that 1934 film outdated Imagine what will happen to this one. I won't even say it, because everyone says the same thing about movies based on books...( read more)
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Critic Reviews
January 25, 2002
Claudia Puig, USA Today
January 25, 2002
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Frequently entertaining and sometimes lovely to look at. full review
January 25, 2002
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
This is the kind of movie that used to be right at home at the Saturday matinee, and it still is. full review
January 24, 2002
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Solid, unpretentious, thoroughly competent film... full review
January 18, 2002
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Inspiration and originality may be in short supply, but the movie gets the job done. full review
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June 13, 2008This movie had so much to offer. The message is powerful. One of the all time favourites.
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October 5, 2007This movie is totaly amazing!!! its got great story and lesson in it...i ador it...^_^ iz juz reall coolieo. =P
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September 7, 2007I gotta be honest. This movie sucked. "The Count of Monte Cristo" is one of my favorite books and I must say that this move butchered it. There were so many inconsistencies and so many things that were just wrong with it. Alexandre Dumas is turning in his grave after this piece of junk. The fact that Dantes ends up with Mercedes in the end is horrific. That totally screws up the story altogether. The Count found love again with Haydee. Mercedes' chance was lost the minute she married Fernand who, by the way, was NOT DANTES' FRIEND FROM THE VERY BEGINNING! And all the count pretty much does after he escapes prison is just kill everyone. What happened to the carefully wrought revenge? What happened to death not being the most severe punishment? What happened to the amazing and perfect way in which the Count traps his betrayers within their own lives? Without these elements the movie is just a horrid soap opera about sloppy revenge. Not the beautiful creation readers know it to be.
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August 10, 2007I completely LOVE this movie! The characters are made great as the persons who makes them come real! Especially Jim Caviezel as Dantes and Richard Harris as the Abbé. But everyone is fantastic! I just have wachted it over and over and over again, and I just never get sick of the plot! Amazing movie!!
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June 19, 2007The beauty of this movie is that their is a very deep and powerful message. This movie extends further then exacting revenge. God said "Veangeance is mine" and the priest tells Edmund this, but he chooses revenge. In the end he recognizes the error of his ways and he makes a promise that "all that was used for vengeance will now be used for good!"
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June 17, 2007One of my favourite movies! The acting is great, and the story is very well put together. Of course, the book is better, but books are almost always better than their movies anyways.
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April 8, 2007truly inspiring! amazing! i love this movie! one of my all-time fave. What touched me most was that when Dantes struggles deeply with his belief in God yet he moved and experienced mature faith. The priest confesses..."when they asked me about the treasure in Sparta, i lied". "you lied?" Dantes asks. "I'm a priest, not a saint". Then he told him how to use the map to find the treasure. "When you escape," the priest continues, "use the treasure for good. Only for good." "No," Dantes says angrily. I will surely use it for my revenge." The priest says, "This is your final lesson. Do not commit the crime-(the priest struggles for a breath)for which you now serve the sentence. God said, "Vengeance is mine". Dantes says, " But I don't believe in God." "It doesn't matter," the priest responds with a smile. "He believes in you." WOW! I love that!!! "KINGS TO YOU, ALL!!!
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January 2, 2007The film is excellent, so much better than the 70's one I think it is, now that was crap.
But the book was so fantastic and so easy following, depending on which translation you read.
Either way I strongly recommend you to read the book, its huge but it's awesome!
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