Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 143
Fresh: 105 | Rotten: 38
Entertaining tale of revenge reminiscent of those swashbuckling movies made in the 1940s.
Average Rating: 6.3/10
Critic Reviews: 27
Fresh: 18 | Rotten: 9
Entertaining tale of revenge reminiscent of those swashbuckling movies made in the 1940s.
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Average Rating: 3.6/5
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The classic tale of swashbuckling adventure by the senior Alexandre Dumas comes to the screen in its umpteenth incarnation, this time from Kevin Reynolds, directing his first feature in five years. James Caviezel stars as Edmond Dantes, an honest sailor who plans to marry his beautiful lover Mercedes (Dagmara Dominczyk). Edmond doesn't know that his best friend Fernand Mondego (Guy Pearce) secretly desires Mercedes for himself and schemes with fallen aristocrat Villefort (James Frain) to frame
Jan 25, 2002 Wide
Sep 10, 2002
$54.1M
Touchstone Pictures
All Critics (144) | Top Critics (27) | Fresh (111) | Rotten (38) | DVD (22)
A big, vacuous, sometimes exciting glamour-puss of a movie.
All in all, it's a pretty good execution of a story that's a lot richer than the ones Hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own.
Old-form moviemaking at its best.
There's a thin line between likably old-fashioned and fuddy-duddy, and The Count of Monte Cristo ... never quite settles on either side.
A rousingly old-fashioned swashbuckler with an abundance of vigorous action and nary a trace of wink-wink irony.
[A] pleasant diversion.
A thoroughly enjoyable movie for older kids.
This is visually stunning and a masterpiece.
A preposterous, expansive and self-conscious attempt to resurrect the historical spectacular.
Where Gladiator failed to give an adequate sense of how its hero grew and what he learned during his trials. ... Monte Cristo, on the other hand, takes its time.
Strong supporting performances, from Harris in particular, help make up for the uneven performances of the two leads ...
You know you're in for a good ol' popcorn-munching time when the movie's tagline is a bad pun on the title of a piece of fine literature.
While many would rightfully question why there is need for another take on Alexander Dumas' treasure, Reynolds has made a decent job of it.
Dumas Lite: Less filling, still tastes pretty good
Apesar de algumas alterações lamentáveis com relação ao livro de Alexandre Dumas, o filme é interessante e se beneficia das atuações de Caviezel e Pearce.
...A straightforward and beautifully accoutered period piece, rife with technical authenticity and eye-pleasing production values.
Dumas would feel insulted that the characters he breathed life into were no more than charicatures prancing across the screen in a period action film.
... in a marketplace littered with films that studios have unloaded to make a buck or two... "The Count of Monte Cristo" stands out like a treasure chest half-buried in the sand.
A somewhat promising first half, but the films "climatic" end unfolds like a terrible TV-drama so convenient in its staging and so static in its direction. YOU ONCE CALLED ME FRIEND, YOU BETRAYED ME, HE IS YOUR SON, BLAAAAAAAH!Seriously?The casting was great, but the un-profound script and cliche themes of classicism
September 22, 2011Super Reviewer
'The Count of Monte Cristo' is a well-made film with great performances from all its actors. The movie fails, however, with its pacing issues and boring dialogue. It should earn credit for achieving what it set out to do, but it loses so much entertainment value along the way.
June 20, 2011Super Reviewer
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