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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)

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Reviews Counted:18

Fresh:13

Rotten:5

Average Rating:6.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: Victor Fleming's version of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel accentuates the emotional characteristics of the purely evil Mr. Hyde rather than the terror angle. With superb performances from... Victor Fleming's version of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel accentuates the emotional characteristics of the purely evil Mr. Hyde rather than the terror angle. With superb performances from Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, and Lana Turner, the result is a fine drama. As mental specialist Dr. Jekyll, Tracy drinks his own potion and transforms, mentally and physically, into the primitive Mr. Hyde. Hyde's internal state is displayed via dreamlike montage sequences during the transformation process. At first Jekyll enjoys the transformations, which allow his violent and sexual urges to surface with a local barmaid, Ivy Peterson (Ingrid Bergman). But when his true love's father, Charles Emery (Donald Crisp), consents to let Jekyll marry his daughter, Beatrix (Lana Turner), Jekyll determines to give up his secret identity. The decision comes too late--Jekyll finds himself transforming into Hyde against his will and now needs the potion to resume his Jekyll persona. At the same time, Hyde becomes more sadistic, turning a murderous hand to Jekyll's personal relationships. Stevenson's chilling tale has been recounted on the silver screen numerous times but rarely with such emotional power--Fleming's DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE steams and stews in a psychoanalytic examination of the evil that lurks within everyone. [More]

Starring: Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Ingrid Bergman, Donald Crisp

Starring: Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Ingrid Bergman, Donald Crisp, Ian Hunter, Barton MacLane, C. Aubrey Smith, Sara Allgood, Frederic Worlock

Director: Victor Fleming, Peter Godfrey, Harold F. Kress

Director: Victor Fleming, Peter Godfrey
Producer: Victor Fleming
Screenwriter: John Lee Mahin
Director: Harold F. Kress
Composer: Franz Waxman

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Oct 23, 1991

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Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
03/26/09
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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.

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09/26/07
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Quite eerie classic thriller with Tracy surprisingly good in title role(s).

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06/01/07
Steve Crum
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Well shot by Joseph Ruttenberg, and the transformations are effectively handled, but it's generally shallow and anaemic.

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01/26/06
Geoff Andrew
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No review available.

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07/07/05
Emanuel Levy
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06/01/05
Michael Szymanski
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05/12/05
Andy Klein
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02/03/05
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
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02/20/04
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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

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01/05/04
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
12/30/03
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

Botched remake of the 1931 classic.

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08/14/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
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.

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05/24/03
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A little Freudian theory is a dangerous thing. It can make a piece of errant hokum dizzy with significance.

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05/21/03
Howard Thompson
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New York Times
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No review available.

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12/22/02
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

Spencer Tracy is miscast and overrated in one of the weakest adaptations of the story to date.

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08/05/02
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

A bit starched and yappy, but still packs a punch.

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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

...it renders the uttermost strengths of the silent film era, in which the audience was dependent on what went into the picture instead of what came out of the speaker.

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06/22/02
David Keyes
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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.

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09/26/01
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