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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)

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Spencer Tracy and Ingrid Bergman headline this screen version of Robert Louis Stevenson's tale, directed by Gone with the Wind and Wizard of Oz legend Victor Fleming. Tracy stars as Dr. Jekyll, a scientist who downs an experimental elixir that transforms him into a monstrous alter-ego, Mr. Hyde. Lana Turner co-stars as Jekyll's fiancée, and Bergman as Eva, the woman who captures his heart. A film steeped in heavy Freudian symbolism, this production also tries something unusual by relying largely

G, 2 hr. 7 min.

Drama, Horror, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy

John Lee Mahin

MGM

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A little Freudian theory is a dangerous thing. It can make a piece of errant hokum dizzy with significance.

May 21, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
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Under Victor Fleming's direction, it's sober and turgid but far from unwatchable, thanks exclusively to the caliber of the performances.

September 26, 2001 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
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If you mess with perfection, you end up with the beast.

August 16, 2011 Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | Comment
Oscar Guy

Conventions of the time did not allow director Victor Fleming to examine the powerful sexual undertones of Stevenson's tale, robbing the film of much of its potential insight

August 2, 2010 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

MGM gave the familiar story the big-budget, big-star treatment, but in the process drained it of all of its biting social and psychological implications.

September 26, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Quite eerie classic thriller with Tracy surprisingly good in title role(s).

June 1, 2007 Comment
Video-Reviewmaster.com

Well shot by Joseph Ruttenberg, and the transformations are effectively handled, but it's generally shallow and anaemic.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

The entire effort was misconceived, one that offers more ham than steak.

January 5, 2004 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
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Tracy himself insisted that this Jekyll and Hyde be no mere fright flick and that his character be fleshed out as a sadly disturbing human being.

December 30, 2003 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

Less an outright horror film than its predecessor and more a straightforward psychological study. Most of the earlier sex is replaced by a stubborn, straightlaced morality.

December 30, 2003 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

Botched remake of the 1931 classic.

August 14, 2003 Comment
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

The story behind the film (nobody was allowed to see pictures of Tracy transformed prior to release) is more interesting than the film itself, but it's still hard to go wrong with a cast like this.

May 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

One of my favourite horror movies of the 40s. Great cast, classic story, it's exciting, dramatic, and somewhat romantic. I love it.

September 5, 2010
ajv2688

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Tracy is badly miscast here and it almost fatal hurts the film but the MGM gloss and beauty of both Ingrid Bergman and Lana Turner compensate somewhat.

March 31, 2008
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