Sluggish and interminable, Mary Reilly makes good on little of its potential to be disturbing and none of its chance to be emotionally involving.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb 2001
rotten:
Unfortunately, your response to the bizarre story of terror and lust that dare not speak their name is pretty well limited to Roberts' response -- which is, in turn, limited by her technique.
– Susan Stark,
Detroit News,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
A perversely courageous disaster that audiences will simply hate.
– Mike Clark,
USA Today,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Mary Reilly works as Gothic melodrama because it understands the genre so well.