Mary Reilly

1996

Action / Drama / Horror / Romance / Thriller

15
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 40% · 43 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 40% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 16559 16.6K

monster servant laboratory jekyll and hyde housemaid 19th century

Plot summary

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

Director

Stephen Frears Photo
Stephen Frears

Top cast

Julia Roberts Photo
Julia Roberts as Mary Reilly
Ciarán Hinds Photo
Ciarán Hinds as Sir Danvers Carew
Bob Mason Photo
Bob Mason as Policeman
Glenn Close Photo
Glenn Close as Mrs. Farraday
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995.84 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
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1.81 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by lee_eisenberg 7 / 10

this may have been Julia Roberts's most interesting role ever

I usually don't like Julia Roberts. She focuses way too much on looking perfect and that dominates her movies. But she plays a different kind of role in "Mary Reilly". As Dr. Jekyll's (John Malkovich) maid getting seduced by both him and Mr. Hyde, she gives the impression of someone trapped in Victorian England wondering how to get out. And Mr. Hyde knows just how to seduce. Even knowing how evil Mr. Hyde is, you really grow to like him; he's a sort of rebel against Victorian mores and the class system.I think that the best line in the movie is when Mary tells Dr. Jekyll about her father's (Michael Gambon) drinking problem; it was almost too self-referential! As it is, I think that Malkovich's performance in this movie might have been what made me view this movie positively, more than Julia Roberts's performance. But either way, you'll probably like it. It's not Stephen Frears's best movie, but still pretty interesting. Also starring Glenn Close.
Reviewed by lib-4 7 / 10

Good and evil can coexist

John Malkovich was the perfect actor to play/ jekyll hyde- he personfies the good and evil that can coexist in a person. I was very impressed that Julie Roberts had the demeanor of a household servant down so well. My husbands' family comes from a line of women who were domestics when they first came to America in the 1880's-- and his mother said that's how they had to act. Even though it was a little slow- I liked the way the story developed. The fact that Mary can't hate her abusive father because she came from him- helps the doctor understand the dilemna. Altogether a satisfying movie that takes a different view of the Stevenson classic.
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