Dying Young
1991
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Feb 23, 1996 · This film is not about makeup or special effects, or Hyde turning into the Wolf Man. It's about a powerless young woman who feels sympathy for one side of a man's nature, and horror of the other. The movie stars Julia Roberts as Mary, an Irish servant in the dark, fogbound Edinburgh of more than a century ago.
26% Tomatometer 43 Reviews 40% Audience Score 10,000+ Ratings A maid at the household of noted physician Dr. Henry Jekyll (John Malkovich), Mary Reilly (Julia Roberts) admires her employer,...
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- Stephen Frears
- R
- Julia Roberts
9/10. This film gets better as you watch it. MarieGabrielle 28 February 2006. Initially, I stayed away from this movie as it received merciless reviews. The fact that Julia Roberts was in it also was another obstacle. Yet as other reviewers have mentioned, she actually gives a good performance.
Mary Reilly (Julia Roberts) think she found her best job, because she is poor and the doctor is well-known and rich. This movie tells the "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" story as a woman sees the two men, one of them is good and the other is evil. And she loves them. — Kornel Osvart <kornelo@alphanet.hu>.
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Mary Reilly holds a 26% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 43 reviews, with an average rating of 4.3/10. The website's critical consensus states: "Mary Reilly looks good and has its moments but overall, the movie borders on boredom."
- $47 million
- George Fenton
- February 23, 1996 (United States)
- Norma Heyman, Ned Tanen, Nancy Graham Tanen
Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. David Ansen Newsweek. TOP CRITIC. This isn't dumb, but it plays out as academically as it sounds, without a shred of true terror and with only the most...
Feb 18, 1996 · "Mary Reilly" is not the story of Jekyll and Hyde, but the story of the housemaid, and it takes place entirely in her imagination, and her fears. A more obvious, over the top performance by Malkovich would make it all too easy for Mary; restraint makes the evil possibilities more sinister.
