Happy End?!?

Rating: Null/10 (13 February 2003)

Why is this picture worth watching? We have had horror movies with similar plots. Hitchcock showed in Psycho how to thrill. This one didn't bother to learn a lesson from this movie.
BUT, there is a great actor. Depp's play is not bad (surely not his best performance, but good nevertheless). Some other characters are not that good, some things unbelievable. But the movie has atmosphere. That is important. It succeeds un fields, where many other movies were doomed to failure. It takes us on a ride through the streets of gas-lit London. I have had such an expierence only one - nay two times before: When reading Caleb Carr's two novels "Angel of Darkness" and "The Alienist". (I do know, that these are set in New York, but quite at the same time.)
So: Don't expect an artistic masterpiece. Don't wait for a revelation. But take a dive into the Atmosphere of late 19th century London.