Excellent film drawing on both fact and popular fiction about Jack the Ripper

Rating: 10/10 (15 February 2005)

As an avid readers of Jack the Ripper history, to say that both my daughter and I was pleasantly surprised by this film is putting mildly.
The film cleverly combines both the facts about Jack the Ripper and the popular fiction that now makes up the staple Jack history.
The acting is great, the cast is brilliant, Ian Holme and Jonny Depp are superb. The sets are dark and atmospheric, some of the cinematography is stunning.
We watched this with my husband, not a Jack historian who had been put off by the title but he enjoyed the film as much as we did.
So the moral of this review - Don't let the title put you off, it is not a horror movie more of a period detective/drama, well worth taking the time to watch.