Mary Reilly
Directed by Stephen Frears
Somewhere in England in the nineteenth century. A pretty housemaid works in a nice house, which is Dr. Henry Jekyll's (John Malkovich's) house. Mary Reilly (Julia Roberts) think she found her best job, because she is poor and the doctor is well-known and rich. This movie tells the "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" story as a woman sees the two men, one of them is good and the other is evil. And she loves them.
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- JeremiahMay 11, 2026Broke my 90s streak with the last movie but im back already baby. This here is a slog and usually bad accents dont bug me but put me on that list of ppl who think julia roberts really failed the accent department. What it does have going for it is a well done atmospheric victorian era vibe for sure and you know i love me some victorian thrillers. But color me disappointed mostly in this. Malkovich is Malkovich mostly but does play two opposite sides of malkovich naturally. Movie coulda shifted more towards horror and been better for it. The one trasformation we see on camera is laughable cause of the 90s cgi. Had that scene been done the same with cuts and a well done practical effect from like any of the special effects wizards of the day it coulda been top tier, but alas. 90s charm. Not a great movie but it still has that 90s charm.
Mary Reilly Trivia
Mary Reilly was released on February 23, 1996.
Mary Reilly was directed by Stephen Frears.
Mary Reilly has a runtime of 1h 48m.
Mary Reilly was produced by Norma Heyman, Nancy Graham Tanen, Ned Tanen.
Somewhere in England in the nineteenth century. A pretty housemaid works in a nice house, which is Dr. Henry Jekyll's (John Malkovich's) house. Mary Reilly (Julia Roberts) think she found her best job, because she is poor and the doctor is well-known and rich. This movie tells the "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" story as a woman sees the two men, one of them is good and the other is evil. And she loves them.
The key characters in Mary Reilly are Mary Reilly (Julia Roberts), Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde (John Malkovich), Mr. Poole (George Cole).
Mary Reilly is rated R.
Mary Reilly is a Drama, Horror, Thriller film.
Mary Reilly has an audience rating of 4 out of 10.
Mary Reilly had a budget of $47M.
Mary Reilly has made $12.4M at the box office.