Well done, but had I written the screenplay....

Rating: 7/10 (29 December 2003)

... I would have made all the characters unsympathetic; Aberline would have been a cynical lackey of the elite, Annie would have been a manipulative seductress, Mary and her streetwalker pals would have been blackmailing the throne. That stated, I thoroughly enjoy this flick, as it is. I particularly appreciate the director's eye for detail.