The Count of Monte Cristo 2002
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Genre:Action ,Adventure,Drama
Release: 25 January 2002 (USA)
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Stars:Jim Caviezel|Guy Pearce|Richard Harris Writer:Alexandre Dumas pŠre,Jay Wolpert Songmaker:Color,, IMDB | Views: 1266 |
The Count of Monte Cristo Complete info
Genre :Action|Adventure|Drama
Title :The Count of Monte Cristo
Year :2002
Rating :7.7
Duration :131 min
Release :25 January 2002 (USA)
Star:Jim Caviezel,Guy Pearce,Richard Harris,James Frain,Dagmara Dominczyk,Michael Wincott,Luis Guzm n,Christopher Adamson,JB Blanc,Guy Carleton
Director :Kevin Reynolds
Writer:Alexandre Dumas pŠre | Jay Wolpert
Country:English
Language:
Moviescore:61/100
Movie Location:Budget: $35,000,000 (estimated)
Picture Rating:MPAA
Movie Budget:Opening Weekend: $11,376,150 (USA) (25 January 2002)
Movie Gross:Production Co: Touchstone Pictures , Spyglass Entertainment , World 2000 Entertainment See more ¯
Movie Company:Touchstone Pictures | Touchstone Pictures | World 2000 Entertainment
Movie Sound : Color,,
The Count of Monte Cristo Tagline : Taglines: Prepare for adventure. Count on revenge.
The Count of Monte Cristo Description
A young man, falsely imprisoned by his jealous "friend," escapes and uses a hidden treasure to exact his revenge.
The Count of Monte Cristo Plot
Plot Keywords: revenge | count | island | escape | sailor | See All (158) ¯
The Count of Monte Cristo Synopsis
'The Count of Monte Cristo' is a remake of the Alexander Dumas tale by the same name. Dantes, a sailor who is falsely accused of treason by his best friend Fernand, who wants Dantes' girlfriend Mercedes for himself. Dantes is imprisoned on the island prison of Chateau d'If for 13 years, where he plots revenge against those who betrayed him. With the help of another prisoner, he escapes the island and proceeds to transform himself into the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo as part of his plan to exact revenge. Written by &view=simple&sort=alpha">Anna
The Count of Monte Cristo Critics
"The Count of Monte Cristo" is exactly what I expected it to be - entertaining. A classic? No. However it's far from a dud, and you could do a lot worse if you want to whittle away a bit of time watching a movie. The movie version of the book leaves a bare bones plot, which is quite simple. Edmond Dantes (James Caviezel) is falsely imprisoned for treason, having been blackmailed by his friend Fernand Mondego (Guy Pearce) who covets Dantes' wife-to-be. Queue languishment in prison where he plots his escape and his ultimate revenge on Dantes in a highly fashionable style. This movie is a neat little adaptation of the novel, seeing as it manages to retain some great pacing on screen. At times, admittedly, you feel there's certain pieces rushed (particularly towards the end as Dantes' plan unveils), but since it suffices to keep the story moving along swiftly that's OK. The script is nice and witty - there's a real sense of fun permeating the movie. While Caviezel is a serious actor, Guy Pearce is obviously loving his role as the dastardly Mondego, hamming and camping it up with a glee that's delightful to behold - he steals the screen every time he's on it. Other members of the cast similarily light up the movie, particularly Luis Guzm n as Dantes' side-kick Jacopo, and a wonderful turn by Richard Harris as the high-camp -prison-warder Abb‚ Faria (I found him hilariously nasty). The direction on the movie is nice and smooth - there's no need for any fancy trickery here on the part of Kevin Reynolds. Indeed the smooth almost gentle nature of it all, including well paced sword fights, is a nice change from some of the more overly-excessive energetic work of today's movies. Is the movie perfect? No. It's not smart enough, or quite well made enough for that. But it is a hell of a lot of fun, and most certainly enjoyable - and that's often all you want. With it's great sense of fun, and some lovely performances throughout, it's a worthwhile diversion for a while. I'll give it a 7.8.
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