The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 143
Fresh: 105 | Rotten: 38
Though it may not reach for any new artistic heights, The Count of Monte Cristo is an old-fashioned yet enjoyable swashbuckler.
Average Rating: 6.3/10
Critic Reviews: 30
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 10
Though it may not reach for any new artistic heights, The Count of Monte Cristo is an old-fashioned yet enjoyable swashbuckler.
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Movie Info
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
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Cast
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Jim Caviezel
Edmond Dantes/The Count... -
Guy Pearce
Fernand -
Dagmara Dominczyk
Mercedes -
Richard Harris
Abbe Faria -
Luis Guzman
Jacopo -
James Frain
Villefort -
Henry Cavill
Albert -
Albie Woodington
Danglars -
Michael Wincott
Dorleac -
Alex Norton
Napoleon Bonaparte -
Freddie Jones
Col. Villefort -
Helen McCrory
Valentina Villefort -
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All Critics (144) | Top Critics (30) | Fresh (105) | Rotten (38) | DVD (23)
A preposterous, expansive and self-conscious attempt to resurrect the historical spectacular.
Top CriticA 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 thoroughly enjoyable movie for older kids.
This is visually stunning and a masterpiece.
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.
Will not top anyone's list of great literary adaptations, but it qualifies nonetheless as a swashbuckling guilty pleasure.
This feature is about as necessary as a hole in the head
...everything a good, old-fashioned adventure story should be: daring, flamboyant, exciting, heroic, and supremely romantic.
Kevin Reynolds's telling of the Alexandre Dumas classic delightfully evokes the halcyon days of screen swashbucklers.
It's extremely well-made, even though all the guts have been sucked out in an attempt to make it politically correct.
Opulent Parisian mansions, gorgeous Napoleonic era costumes, and artistic cinematography wowed me almost as much as those dynamic performances by Jim Caviezel and Guy Pearce.
Ofrece una buena oportunidad de cultura (aunque sea condensada) que bien vale la pena aprovechar.
Audience Reviews for The Count of Monte Cristo
Super Reviewer
Seriously?
The casting was great, but the un-profound script and cliche themes of classicism completely fails to give the story any credible depth. Nothing but a polished period piece of rehash.
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- Fernand: What happened to your mercy?
- Edmond Dantes/The Count of Monte Cristo: I'm a count, not a saint.
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- Abbe Faria: The stronger swordsman does not necessarily win. It is speed! Speed of hand, speed of mind.
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- Edmond Dantes/The Count of Monte Cristo: I have seventy-two thousand five-hundred and nineteen stones in my walls. I've counted them many times.
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- Abbe Faria: But have you named them yet?
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- Jacopo: Once again, Zatarra, God sees you out of the corner of His eye.
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- Edmond Dantes/The Count of Monte Cristo: If you ever loved me, don't rob me of my hate. It's all I have.
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