From Hell Critic Reviews
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Based upon 12 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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So beautifully realized as a mood piece that it takes a while for a slight disappointment to register.Read the full review
Mystery skillfully evokes Victorian London's dark depths.Read the full review
Surprisingly conventional Olde London Towne gaslight mystery, gussied up with some doctored visuals, and an eccentric performance by Johnny Depp.Read the full review
Feels razor thin. None of the characters is particularly noteworthy. And the revelations of deep-seated conspiracy in the usual privileged, closed circles are hackneyed and tired.Read the full review
What the Hughes brothers have come up with is, to borrow another phrase from that bygone age, a penny dreadful.Read the full review
Ambitious, visually stunning and hugely accomplished.Read the full review
It is deeply unpleasant to see women abducted, tortured and eviscerated by a methodical and meticulous butcher.Read the full review
Sensational and accomplished.Read the full review
The Hughes boys blow it by burying a fine cast -- Robbie Coltrane as a cop and Ian Holm as a royal sawbones are standouts -- in stock scares, sappy romance and cliches that really are from hell.Read the full review
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 full review