A big, vacuous, sometimes exciting glamour-puss of a movie.
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The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:18
Rotten:8
Average Rating:6.4/10
Consensus: Entertaining tale of revenge reminiscent of those swashbuckling movies made in the 1940s.
Theatrical Release:Jan 25, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $54,111,443
Synopsis: In this highly entertaining, beautifully photographed rekindling of the classic French novel by Alexandre Dumas, director Kevin Reynolds choreographs a fantastic adventure replete with breathtaking... [More]
Starring: Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Dagmara Dominczyk, James Frain
Director: Kevin Reynolds
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Reviews for The Count of Monte Cristo
Top CriticAll 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.
03/19/02
Top CriticOld-form moviemaking at its best.
02/03/02
Top CriticThere's a thin line between likably old-fashioned and fuddy-duddy, and The Count of Monte Cristo ... never quite settles on either side.
01/30/02
Top CriticA rousingly old-fashioned swashbuckler with an abundance of vigorous action and nary a trace of wink-wink irony.
01/25/02
Top Critic[A] pleasant diversion.
01/25/02
Top Critic[An] above average piece of junk.
01/25/02
Top CriticThis new movie version of the Alexandre Dumas classic is the stuff of high romance, brought off with considerable wit.
01/25/02
Top CriticIt's a Count for our times.
01/25/02
Top CriticYou can count on snoozing.
01/25/02
Top CriticIt's a fine, old-fashioned-movie movie, which is to say it's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance.
01/25/02
Top CriticNeither among the best nor the worst of the lot, it falls somewhere inconspicuously in between, serving up both lively and ill-fitting performances as well as lush backdrops and the requisite derring-do.
01/25/02
Top CriticIt's quite entertaining.
01/25/02
Top CriticAn unexpectedly entertaining slice of old-fashioned swashbuckle, the kind of sweeping, periodically absurd picture that was cranked out on an assembly line in the 1940s.
01/25/02
Top CriticThe classic book had a lot of complex, smart things to say about revenge. The movie doesn't.
01/25/02
Top CriticThis is the kind of movie that used to be right at home at the Saturday matinee, and it still is.
01/25/02
Top CriticA mediocre production that nevertheless will strike a deep and resonant chord with viewers.
01/24/02
Top CriticIf The Count of Monte Cristo doesn't transform Caviezel into a movie star, then the game is even more rigged than it was two centuries ago.
01/24/02
Top CriticThis delicious adventure of crude betrayal and elegant revenge is yummy even when reheated by director Kevin Reynolds.
01/24/02
Top CriticSolid, unpretentious, thoroughly competent film...
01/24/02
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