Brilliant. *possible spoilers*

Rating: 8/10 (16 December 2002)

Many don't realize just how hard life was in Victorian England. This movie brought so many of those instances to horrible and demonic light. I'm impressed that the Hughes Brothers jumped out of their usual genre of film to make such an incredibly evil and wonderfully dark movie. They remained so true to the graphic novel and true to the historical era it was based in. I saw an interview with the Bros. about this they truly saw it was more of a period piece and less of a horror film. Nice angle. If you've seen and enjoyed this movie and/or read the graphic novel, pick up a copy of the novel The Alienist, by Caleb Carr.
I'm a bit of a Jack the Ripper buff and I have to say that a great deal of the random facts and evidence that surrounded the case were in the movie (and the graphic novel). Those that weren't are wonderful adaptations and worked perfectly in the movie. The acting was excellent - Johnny Depp is becoming a wonderful actor... a far cry from his 21 Jump Street days. The English accents of both Heather Graham and Depp weren't ~that~ bad.