The Count of Monte Cristo

Name: The Count of Monte Cristo
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Released: January 25, 2002
Duration: 131 min
Rating: 61
Cast: Guy Pearce, James Caviezel

2002

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Generally favorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews

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Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: January 25, 2002 | PG-13

Starring: Guy Pearce, James Caviezel

Summary: Alexandre Dumas's classic story of an innocent man wrongly but deliberately imprisoned and his brilliant strategy for revenge against those who betrayed him. (Touchstone Pictures)

Director: Kevin Reynolds

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, Romance, Crime

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 131 min

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Kim Morgan

Utterly thrilling and enthralling, a commercial film that paces itself wonderfully, never allowing the action or romance to outweigh its story and characters. For mainstream adventure fare, that's quite an accomplishment.

Joe Leydon

A lavishly mounted and appealingly old-fashioned swashbuckler with nary a trace of wink-wink irony or revisionist embellishment. Read full review

Charles Savage

An exhilarating visualization of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel of betrayal and vengeance.

William Arnold

As a revenge thriller, the movie is serviceable, but it doesn't really deliver the delicious guilty pleasure of the better film versions. Read full review

Loren King

Wolpert and Reynolds seem to be aiming for the ''Titantic'' audience at the expense of sophistication and historical relevance. It's too bad. The able cast, not to mention Alexandre Dumas, deserves better. Read full review

Jami Bernard

With more buckling than swash, The Count of Monte Cristo is a good-looking, poorly acted washout.

Lou Lumenick

This is the time of the year movie studios traditionally dump their mistakes into theaters -- and boy, did Disney make a whopper with The Count of Monte Cristo. Read full review

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Lanhavoc

Mar 26, 2011

An epic tale of adventure, betrayal, love and revenge. There really is something here for everyone. Jim Caviezel, one of the most underrated actors of the past decade, delivered a superb performance in this film. This is my favorite movie of all time, so pardon the perfect score.

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ksadralodabai

Apr 30, 2015

Three words: "My favorite movie" and I'm definitely not into those categories of movies. I usually just watch comedy because things like "Revenge", "Betrayal", and "Love" are usually characteristics of a drama and I HATE drama.

This movie is by far the most entertaining movie I've watchedThree words: "My favorite movie" and I'm definitely not into those categories of movies. I usually just watch comedy because things like "Revenge", "Betrayal", and "Love" are usually characteristics of a drama and I HATE drama.

This movie is by far the most entertaining movie I've watched and I watch more TV than Al Bundy… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

PaulS.

May 21, 2006

Simply one of the most well-done films of all time. Well-acted, with a great storyline. Very well done.

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SNovack

Feb 13, 2022

While the scriptwriters took some liberties with the Dumas classic (and keeping in mind that no novel can translate perfectly to film), this version does an excellent job of telling a story that honors the original while making it accessible to younger audiences. I thoroughly enjoyed thisWhile the scriptwriters took some liberties with the Dumas classic (and keeping in mind that no novel can translate perfectly to film), this version does an excellent job of telling a story that honors the original while making it accessible to younger audiences. I thoroughly enjoyed this film and have re-watched it several times.… Expand

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AWESOM-0

Jan 1, 2020

I love this interpretation on the classic story, I’m a big fan of the novel and found this a worth namesake.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

SrGus

Mar 16, 2020

I had already watched this movie in my childhood but just the last scenes which in turn has really enchanted me. Unfortunately I had stay didn't know the name of this movie for many years. After many years I watched the movie named "The Count of Monte Cristo" and I loved. We are quicklyI had already watched this movie in my childhood but just the last scenes which in turn has really enchanted me. Unfortunately I had stay didn't know the name of this movie for many years. After many years I watched the movie named "The Count of Monte Cristo" and I loved. We are quickly introduced to the historical background of movie , the year which it takes place, and, in a very discreet way, to the personalities of Edmond Dantes and Fernand Mondego. Both friends but opposed to each other. The following events are susteined and justified by the personalities and the occasion the characters are on. After that, we embarked on a journey full of well-built plans driven by just one goal: the revenge. The Count of Monte Cristo is the journey of a man who has been greatly wronged. (Henry Cavill young is so cute… Expand

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FilipeNeto

Mar 18, 2018

Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas, this is the story of revenge Edmond Dantes, a man betrayed by his friends and imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. Directed by Kevin Reynolds, has a screenplay adapted by Jay Wolpert and has Jim Caviezel in the title role.

This story is well knownBased on the novel by Alexandre Dumas, this is the story of revenge Edmond Dantes, a man betrayed by his friends and imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. Directed by Kevin Reynolds, has a screenplay adapted by Jay Wolpert and has Jim Caviezel in the title role.

This story is well known and is very good in film. Its an appealing story, with romance, good arguments for action and all that general public tends to like. Nevertheless, its not an action film, but a drama, focused on the destroyed life of a man and his thirst for revenge. The script is not brilliant, nor can we be tempted to compare it with the original book. But it does a competent job and transpose to the screen most of the major aspects of the novel, while adapting some points and bringing some new features that don't appear in the book, for dramatic purposes. In my opinion, the greatest sin of this script is the too much focus on Mondego, so that the revenge Dantés exerts on other three conspirators is hardly explained (one of Them ends up not even appear in the film).

The main actors are Jim Caviezel and Guy Pearce, respectively in the role of protagonist and the main villain. Both are good investments: Pearce can be annoying with his arrogant attitude and Caviezel gives his character a certain hardness, without losing kindness and sense of justice. But this is not one of the best films of the two actors. It was shot at very attractive locations, from a visual point of view, and has good visual effects and costumes.

In short: it's a good movie, which easily appeals to everyone and fulfills its role to entertain and tell a story. However, is not brilliant or particularly remarkable.… Expand

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