Storyline
Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.
Directors
Cast
Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, David Schofield, Nicholas McGaughey, Jason Flemyng, Ian Holm, Sophia Myles, Ian McNeice, Robbie Coltrane, Dominic Cooper, Ralph Ineson, Joanna Page, Lesley Sharp, Terence Harvey, James Greene, John Owens, Annabelle Apsion, Ian Richardson, Katrin Cartlidge, Susan Lynch, Paul Rhys, Estelle Skornik, Samantha Spiro, Mark Dexter, Danny Midwinter, Peter Eyre, Rupert Farley, Cliff Parisi
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Reviews
88
New York Post
Gripping and stylish thriller.
80
Wall Street Journal
Ambitious, visually stunning and hugely accomplished.
67
Portland Oregonian
A tug-of-war between a bracing vision of a truly infernal crime spree -- complete with engaging whodunit storytelling -- and a sometimes clumsy period drama.
60
An astonishing act of synthesis, bringing together disparate Ripper theories and a fiercely idiosyncratic version of London's history, architecture, policing and social structure.
60
So beautifully realized as a mood piece that it takes a while for a slight disappointment to register.
