Odd, awkward and depressing

Rating: 2/10 (26 February 2014)

The good: From Hell has a great production design. The sets look great. The cinematographer did a good job working with all this darkness. The whole mood that is created with this frequent use of shadows is very distinct. The costumes are fabulous. The acting is fine.
The bad: There isn't any real point to the film that I can see other than to tell this disturbing, gloomy tale which has no point. If it is meant as entertainment it fails as it just made me down and uncomfortable. If the movie was intended as a serious piece then it fails too as it tells us nothing nor does it show us anything worth seeing. It just shows us a lot of ugliness and gloom. There really isn't an interesting story with any depth here. It's like the filmmakers couldn't make up their minds regarding what kind of movie they wanted to make and ended up with this odd film which has the tone of a serious piece yet is hollow.