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From Hell (2001) Rank 3 Reviews
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Days of Thunder (Travis Hoover)
MovieMaze (Thomas Straßer)
MovieMaze (Thomas Straßer)
Baltimore City Paper (Lee Gardner)
San Francisco Chronicle (Bob Graham)
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Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
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Cinenganos (Luis Martinez)
From Hell se desborda de la pantalla hasta hacernos sentir texturas, sabores, tensiones y miedos. ...read the complete From Hell movie review at Cinenganos (Luis Martinez)
LA Weekly (F. X. Feeney)
Their discretion makes From Hell less a horror movie than a classical film noir. ...read the complete From Hell movie review at LA Weekly (F. X. Feeney)
Variety (Derek Elley)
Surprisingly conventional Olde London Towne gaslight mystery, gussied up with some doctored visuals, and an eccentric performance by Johnny Depp. ...read the complete From Hell movie review at Variety (Derek Elley)
Cinenganos (Luis Martinez)
From Hell se desborda de la pantalla hasta hacernos sentir texturas, sabores, tensiones y miedos. ...read the complete From Hell movie review at Cinenganos (Luis Martinez)
Empire Magazine (--)
Baseline.Hollywood.com (Ted Murphy)
Part detective story, part thriller, part romance, From Hell manages to juggle each aspect with aplomb. ...read the complete From Hell movie review at Baseline.Hollywood.com (Ted Murphy)
New Times (L.A.) (Gregory Weinkauf)
A visionary breakthrough for the young directors, a darkly alluring and largely successful attempt to crowd the territory of Roman Polanski and Dario Argento. ...read the complete From Hell movie review at New Times (L.A.) (Gregory Weinkauf)
Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
Murder mystery combined with a modern graphic violence and an overlay of paranoia, depression, and hopelessness from Generation-X values. For adults or very mature teens. ...read the complete From Hell movie review at Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
Based on the classic graphic novel, From Hell should prove a solid treat to horror movie fans who've grown weary of slasher machinations and subterranean slime monsters. ...read the complete From Hell movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
UTK Daily Beacon (Ryan Freeman)
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Washington Post (Desson Howe)
Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
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Video Graveyard
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Criminy Pete's Knee Jerk Spoilers
For any who are curious, let me start by saying that the film takes some big dramatic license with the Alan Moore graphic novel, so don't expect it to be faithful.
What we have in this film is a London police inspector with opium-fueled ...read the complete From Hell movie review at Criminy Pete's Knee Jerk Spoilers
Monsters At Play (Lawrence P. Raffel)
Movies for Guys
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Popcorn Pictures Review
Wooden Spoon's
The film really distances itself from the facts and I think the additions don’t make the story better. In real life, Mary Kelly dies, the prostitutes don’t know each other and the Masons aren’t involved. I think the biggest problem is that the ...read the complete From Hell movie review at Wooden Spoon's
Moda Magazine (Kage Alan)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The movie feels dark, clammy and exhilarating -- it's like belonging to a secret club where you can have a lot of fun but might get into trouble. ...read the complete From Hell movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
An occasionally awkward mix of art film and slasher flick, From Hell manages to make its luridness intelligent enough -- and its intelligence lurid enough -- to send you home satisfied. ...read the complete From Hell movie review at Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
It is tempting to call the film is a case of style over substance, but to say that is to deny the substance in the style. ...read the complete From Hell movie review at Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
Cinema Signals (--)
RevolutionSF (Kenn McCracken)
eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
While it doesn’t exactly qualify as a horror film, its creepy and fascinating enough to garner your undivided attention. ...read the complete From Hell movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
ReelMovieCritic.com (George O. Singleton)
The Movie Insider (Paul Fischer)
ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
While it doesn’t exactly qualify as a horror film, its creepy and fascinating enough to garner your undivided attention. ...read the complete From Hell movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Matinee Magazine (Joshua Vasquez)
An oddly meditative bit of fluff that lingers off center with just enough melancholic bearing to somewhat temper its more gaudy affectations. ...read the complete From Hell movie review at Matinee Magazine (Joshua Vasquez)
Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
If it had stuck with all that it got right, the film would be a queasy masterpiece. ...read the complete From Hell movie review at Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
Matinee Magazine (Joe McGovern)
Utilizes actual locations in Prague and handsome sets to richly convey every flicker of gaslight and splash of blood in widescreen splendor. ...read the complete From Hell movie review at Matinee Magazine (Joe McGovern)
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San Francisco Chronicle (Bob Graham)
Mystery skillfully evokes Victorian London's dark depths. ...read the complete From Hell movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Bob Graham)
watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
...plays like a quality horror film while featuring characterizations and ambience blended in a visually and emotionally compelling way. ...read the complete From Hell movie review at watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
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DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
Look out! Jack is back. Again. Theories on who Jack the Ripper was and why he committed his horrific crimes are a dime a dozen. What's more, practically every theory has been explored in a score of previous movies on the subject. If you're like me and ...read the complete From Hell movie review at DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
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ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
As the nights grow longer and colder and the leaves fall from trees in a flurry of multicolored splendor, 'tis the season for dark movies, and, in 2001, none resides deeper in the shadows than the Hughes Brothers' From Hell, a visually impressive motion p ...read the complete From Hell movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
One day men will say I gave birth to the 20th century. -- Dialogue by Jack the Ripper I' d like to think Darwin has a better case, but I see what he means. The century was indeed a stage for the dark impulses of the soul, and recently I've begun to wonder ...read the complete From Hell movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
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Moving Pictures @ C I N 3 M A
Having watched the previews for this movie, I am reminded of how its very eerie nature is similar to that of Sleepy Hollow, and that Johnny Depp is a cool actor, of course. And for those very reasons, I was eager to catch it on the big screen. I'm not ...read the complete From Hell movie review at Moving Pictures @ C I N 3 M A
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Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
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Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
It's not a great movie by any means, but it grips tighter than a chokehold and it cuts as deep as a knife. ...read the complete From Hell movie review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
It's by far the most violent, most clinical and most sumptuously atmospheric. ...read the complete From Hell movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
A tug-of-war between a bracing vision of a truly infernal crime spree -- complete with engaging whodunit storytelling -- and a sometimes clumsy period drama. ...read the complete From Hell movie review at Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
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Philadelphia City Paper review by Cindy Fuchs
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Mr. Cranky
After Judge Albert Cartwright dies when his car collides with a train, his son, college student Paul Cartwright, is haunted by nightmares in which a shadowy stranger claims to be his new father. Dr. Vincent, an old family friend, takes Paul fishing in ...read the complete From Hell movie review at Mr. Cranky
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New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
An amazing physical specimen, beautifully photographed and edited. If you think of it as your own opium dream, you may dismiss the lousy story as a mere side effect. ...read the complete From Hell movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
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EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
A disappointingly conventional thriller from the Hughes brothers (Menace II Society still their best film by far), neither chilling enough as a horror flick nor compelling as a character study; one of Johnny Depp's few mediocre performances ...read the complete From Hell movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
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filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Jack the Ripper remains one of the most enigmatic, heavily-studied serial killers in history. He was brutal, he was clever, he was also never apprehended... or was he? The directing brothers Allen and Albert Hughes take a substantial departure from earlie ...read the complete From Hell movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
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