Synopsis
Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, Fernand, deceives him. After spending 13 miserable years in prison, Dantés escapes with the help of a fellow inmate and plots his revenge, cleverly insinuating himself into the French nobility.
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Cast
- Jim CaviezelEdmond Dantes
- Guy PearceFernand Mondego
- Richard HarrisAbbé Faria
- James FrainJ.F. Villefort
- Dagmara DomińczykMercedès Iguanada
- Michael WincottArmand Dorleac
- Luis GuzmánJacopo
- Christopher AdamsonMaurice
- JB BlancLuigi Vampa
- Henry CavillAlbert Mondego
Recommendations
- 80
Chicago Reader
It's a heady mix of the earnest, the grave, and the frivolous. Wizardly director Kevin Reynolds even manages to condense into a single shot, with a wisp of humor, several of the hero’s long years in a dungeon without making them any less grueling. - 75
Baltimore Sun
Performances by Jim Caviezel and Richard Harris make this a great adventure. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
This is the kind of adventure picture the studios churned out in the Golden Age -- so traditional it almost feels new. - 75
Charlotte Observer
It pays homage to the genre's most glorious days. - 67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
As a revenge thriller, the movie is serviceable, but it doesn't really deliver the delicious guilty pleasure of the better film versions. - 63
USA Today
For younger audiences drawn by the attractive actors, this might be their introduction to the Dumas epic. At least it's an effective and rousing version. - 50
New York Daily News
With more buckling than swash, The Count of Monte Cristo is a good-looking, poorly acted washout. - 50
Wall Street Journal
James Caviezel makes us care more about that innocent romantic, Edmond Dantes, than we may care to care about the rest of the picture, which entertains in fits and starts, with startling ruptures in tone.
