Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

G

1941

1h 54m

Horror

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Gentle Dr. Jekyll (Spencer Tracy) experiments with human nature, believing that each person has both good and evil sides that can be brought forth chemically. Jekyll tests a serum on himself, releasing his vicious alter ego, Mr. Hyde, on 19th-century London. Prowling the town, Hyde ventures to a music hall and encounters Ivy (Ingrid Bergman), whom he takes forcibly as his mistress. When the serum's effects wear off, Jekyll vows never to take it again. But Hyde is not gone for good.

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Critics Consensus

Despite its powerful cast, Stevenson's classic story loses its social and sexual undertones in this lustless, but still decently entertaining, adaptation.

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Dan Jardine

Slant Magazine

08/02/2010

66/100

Conventions of the time did not allow director Victor Fleming to examine the powerful sexual undertones of Stevenson's tale, robbing the film of much of its potential insight

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

01/26/2006

Well shot by Joseph Ruttenberg, and the transformations are effectively handled, but it's generally shallow and anaemic.

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Howard Thompson

New York Times

05/21/2003

2/5

A little Freudian theory is a dangerous thing. It can make a piece of errant hokum dizzy with significance.

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Josh Larsen

LarsenOnFilm

07/17/2023

3.5/4

Kinky, cleverly constructed, and featuring against-type performances from three of classic Hollywood’s biggest names...

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

06/15/2022

2/4

Essentially a prestige MGM monster movie, but the final product feels almost too polished and too afraid is its own genre to be any fun

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

05/16/2022

2.5/4

Ingrid Bergman is superb, but inconsistencies in Jekyll’s character work against the film’s total success.

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Synopsis

Gentle Dr. Jekyll (Spencer Tracy) experiments with human nature, believing that each person has both good and evil sides that can be brought forth chemically. Jekyll tests a serum on himself, releasing his vicious alter ego, Mr. Hyde, on 19th-century London. Prowling the town, Hyde ventures to a music hall and encounters Ivy (Ingrid Bergman), whom he takes forcibly as his mistress. When the serum's effects wear off, Jekyll vows never to take it again. But Hyde is not gone for good.

Director: Victor Fleming
Producer: Victor Fleming, Victor Saville
Screenwriter: John Lee Mahin
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Rating: G
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 12, 1941, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 7, 2008
Runtime: 1h 54m

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