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Created Sep 22, 2012 11:38AM PST • Edited Sep 22, 2012 11:38AM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Good 3.0

   Ultra-smart, psychic, but troubled opium smoking and laudanum ingesting inspector Aberline (Johnny Depp) leads us through this dark adventure of the hunt for Jack the Ripper. This is Victorian London at its worst, filthy streets, filthy harlots, crazy medical procedures, and even crazier results of Jack the Ripper’s handiwork. In this movie Mr. Depp becomes personally involved with one of the potential victims (Heather Grahm) when things heat up. The sleuthing is fun to watch, the period backdrop is very well done, and the plot starts off as pretty darned interesting. That is, until it got too complicated. In the end, this a very enjoyable movie and a must-see for Depp fans who won’t mind seeing him in a more serious role.

4. Acting

   Good 3.0

   Johnny Depp almost reminded me of Robert Downey Jr. in this film. Well RD without the sarcasm anyway. Depp did a great job putting on his Elizabethan alter ego.

   Heather Grahm has too pretty of a face for her harlot role, but otherwise does a decent job

5. Male Stars Good 3.0

6. Female Stars Good 3.0

7. Female Costars Good 3.0

8. Male Costars Good 3.0

10. Film

    Good 3.0

11. Direction Good 3.0

12. Play Good 3.0

13. Music Good 3.0

14. Visuals Good 3.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Horrid 4.0

17. Sex Lewd 4.0

18. Violence Savage 4.0

19. Rudeness Nasty 4.0

21. Reality

    Surreal 2.1

22. Circumstantial Surreal 2.1

23. Biological Surreal 2.1

24. Physical Surreal 2.1