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Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News: This is the most ambitious and subversive recounting of Ripper lore yet. Read more
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: Though Depp may be incapable of giving a bad performance, his character here is underwritten and stereotypical. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: A dull, sluggish bum-out. Read more
Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune: Unlike the brothers' other works, which simmer at high temperatures, From Hell is emotionally cold and distant. Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: An occasionally awkward mix of art film and slasher flick, From Hell manages to make its luridness intelligent enough -- and its intelligence lurid enough -- to send you home satisfied. Read more
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: From Hell is so beautifully realized as a mood piece that it takes a while for a slight disappointment to register. The movie isn't as scary as you'd like it be, and the mix of its elements don't quite take. Read more
Cody Clark, Mr. Showbiz: Great atmosphere, thin mystery. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: Johnny Depp, who continues to be our most adventurous anti-Hollywood movie star, is thoroughly convincing, Cockney accent and all. Read more
Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader: This wry, atmospheric procedural spawned by a real mystery would be thorny enough without also being an adaptation. Read more
Mark Rahner, Seattle Times: As garden-variety mysteries go, though, it's a chilling and visually creative one. Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: From Hell isn't the cleverest take on the Ripper tale, but it's one of the most entertaining. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: In Menace and Presidents there was an additional level of involving social criticism that gave us a reason to endure the mayhem. Here, the film is considerably more off-putting than what it gives back. Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: A loud and overbearing two-hour wallow in depravity that I could have done without. Read more
Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com: Rather than a cohesive film, it feels like a series of vignettes -- little 'movie moments' put there for your viewing pleasure. Read more
Steven Rosen, Denver Post: Its explanation is ultimately improbable, and it makes the Masonic order look like the occult cult in Eyes Wide Shut. But it's engrossing while you watch it. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: This is the rare contemporary whodunit that truly works. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: For all its strained attempts at sensationalism, From Hell comes across as little more than a slasher flick in Masterpiece Theatre costumes. Read more
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: The only thrill, if you can call it that, is waiting to see who gets sliced up next. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: Sumptuously mounted, brilliantly photographed, relentlessly exciting and seriously flawed. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The movie feels dark, clammy and exhilarating -- it's like belonging to a secret club where you can have a lot of fun but might get into trouble. Read more
Charles Taylor, Salon.com: The gaudiness of From Hell might make the film effective for some viewers, on its own cheap terms. But the movie is a disastrous example of filmmakers whose reductive sensibility is not up to the density of the work they've undertaken. Read more
Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle: Restores chill to an earlier meaning. Read more
USA Today: With almost as many subplots as corpses, the movie maintains its mild watchability only because the Ripper saga still engrosses. Read more
Derek Elley, Variety: Anyone expecting the combo of Allen and Albert Hughes and the famed Victorian serial-killer to result in a gritty, stygian, skin-crawling horror movie will be severely disappointed Read more
J. Hoberman, Village Voice: It has the lush decrepitude of an autumn compost heap or an old Hammer werewolf flick. Read more