Through Hell If You Have To Sit Through This

Rating: 3/10 (9 October 2002)

This movie was thoroughly disappointing. As somebody that's been somewhat morbidly obsessed with Jack the Ripper, I had high hopes that the Hughes brothers would deliver a riveting and original film on the murders. And with Johnny Depp in it, who has picked so many good art house flicks in the past, my hopes were even higher. Sadly to say, my hopes were dashed almost from the outset. There was nothing new to the story, there was nothing that drew me in and if anything I kept wondering while in the midst of watching the film, "Why did the directors even make this movie?" They seemed to have no grasp or feel for the subject matter and it was actually a really difficult task to follow through and watch the whole movie.
This is definitely not a movie that I would recommend to anyone at all. Period.