Rotten
A big, vacuous, sometimes exciting glamour-puss of a movie.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
The Count of Monte Cristo
Prepare for adventure. Count on revenge.
2002 · 2h 11m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Directed by
Kevin Reynolds
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Overview
Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
Director and cast
- Kevin Reynolds Director
- Jim Caviezel as Edmond Dantes
- Guy Pearce as Fernand Mondego
- Richard Harris as Abbé Faria
- James Frain as J.F. Villefort
- Dagmara Dominczyk as Mercedès Iguanada
- Michael Wincott as Armand Dorleac
- Luis Guzmán as Jacopo
- Christopher Adamson as Maurice
- JB Blanc as Luigi Vampa
- Henry Cavill Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
73%
Tomatometer
Fresh
All in all, it's a pretty good execution of a story that's a lot richer than the ones Hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own.
Don Irvine, Globe and Mail
Fresh
Old-form moviemaking at its best.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Rotten
There's a thin line between likably old-fashioned and fuddy-duddy, and The Count of Monte Cristo ... never quite settles on either side.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Fresh
A rousingly old-fashioned swashbuckler with an abundance of vigorous action and nary a trace of wink-wink irony.
Joe Leydon, Variety
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