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starring: Julia Roberts, John Malkovich, George Cole, Michael Gambon, Kathy Staffdirected by: Stephen Frears
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304109311
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6304109318
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: April 01, 1997
Running Time: 108 minutes
Sales Rank: 34841
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: February 23, 1996
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
Stephen Frears reunites with the production talents who made the tempting Dangerous Liaisons for this new look at the infamous Dr. Jekyll (a deft John Malkovich). Instead of being in the laboratory where the good doctor unlocks his evil twin, we stay in the mansion overlooking the lab. An inquisitive, proper maid, Mary Reilly (Julia Roberts) slowly becomes Dr. Jekyll's confidant. Rather than a horror story, the film is a spooky mystery that keeps us in the dark, and what a wonderful dark Frears and his designers have fashioned. Roberts carries the movie, digging deep for her best dramatic work to date. Though some may wish she'd show more passion, she holds her emotions appropriately in check. The movie faced considerable, well-documented troubles, including the reshooting of several scenes months after the initial production. This probably affected the finale, which has little impact and nearly ruins a good thing. --Doug Thomas
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Mary Reilly
This is a well acted and directed alternative version of the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde classic tale. It does have some graphic scenes which would make it unsuitable for younger children. It is one of John Malkovich's best acting as the characters that he portrays are believable.
Rating:  - Nice Use Of Alternate History Within A Work Of Fiction
Re-telling a classic tale from a new perspective, usually courtesy of a relatively minor character from the original work, is an old and in some cases dubious literary tradition. It has been undertaken with deliciously successful results in, say, The Return of Moriarty, by John Gardner, or has fallen shamefully flat: Donald McCaig's recent Rhett Butler's People comes to mind.
The 1996 film Mary Reilly is the lukewarm but not charmless on-screen adaptation of the superior 1990 "alternate ... Read More
Rating:  - On my Top 10 List.
My Top 10 list has not changed in over a decade. Mary Reilly is totaly on my list. I was pretty dissapointed with the book, however, & would love to know where to buy or downloaad the script. Everything about this movie is so cool...great acting, appropriate lack of make-up, unresolved remonatic tension between Mary & Jekyl, unresolves sexual tension between Mary & Hyde, the costumes, the buildings, everything looks & sounds right for the time it's set in.
Rating: - Mary Reilly
Julia Roberts and John Malkovich were great together. It kept me on the toes through out the whole movie.
Rating:  - What was the casting director thinking?!?
I don't know why this movie got so many great reviews on here. The movie is not bad, but is certainly not good. However, what makes this movie really horrible is Julia Roberts. I am a HUGE Julia fan, but her performance in this movie is laughable. She can't hold a stead Irish accent-- at times she sounds like good old American Julia, and at other times, a VERY strong Irish accent comes out of her mouth, with no explanation for the sudden change. I believe this must have been a critical point in her ... Read More
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