Not as good as I thought it would be

Rating: Null/10 (19 June 2002)

The Observer newspaper rated this film highly, so I was looking forward to renting it when it came out. The creation of London in 19th century is brilliantly done, you can almost smell it! However the characters did not match the production. Robbie Coltrane is always worth watching of course, but Johnny Depp seemed miscast as the detective investigating. The dialogue from the prostitutes reminded me of some 19th century soap opera and Heather Graham is far too good looking to play a prostitute. Worth renting for the effects and creation of Victorian London, but that is about it.