From Hell
Metascore
54 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 32 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 32
  3. Negative: 7 out of 32
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  1. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    38
    Feels stagy, stiff and entirely unnecessary.
  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    38
    What the Hughes brothers have come up with is, to borrow another phrase from that bygone age, a penny dreadful.
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  3. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Michael Sragow
    38
    A visionary sort of horror movie should ponder three words: "Bram Stoker's Dracula."
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  4. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Charles Taylor
    30
    A brain-dead version of a dark and complex work.
  5. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    30
    The only note of authenticity in the movie comes from Ian Holm, playing the royal physician. What is this nuanced performance -- at least until the final fireworks -- doing in this twaddle?
  6. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    20
    The Hughes boys blow it by burying a fine cast -- Robbie Coltrane as a cop and Ian Holm as a royal sawbones are standouts -- in stock scares, sappy romance and cliches that really are from hell.
  7. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    20
    Feels razor thin. None of the characters is particularly noteworthy. And the revelations of deep-seated conspiracy in the usual privileged, closed circles are hackneyed and tired.

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6.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 37 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 15
  3. Negative: 2 out of 15
  1. KarthXLR
    4
    Was this supposed to be a detective film, a thriller, or a horror story? Because it fails at all three at them. Johnny Depp has been miscast into a bland and uninteresting character while all other characters are simply uninteresting to begin with. Not bad, but completely forgettable.… Full Review »
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