The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

"Enter a world of dark duplicity..."

2022 1h 25m EN

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Synopsis

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Concerned by his good friend Dr Henry Jekyll's recent behaviour, Gabriel Utterson is driven to uncover the identity of the mysterious and dangerous Mr. Hyde, to whom Jekyll is enthralled.

“Enter a world of dark duplicity...”

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Cast

Lorn Macdonald
Utterson
Henry Pettigrew
Dr. Jekyll
David Hayman
Sir Danvers Carew
Alison Peebles
Poole
Peter Singh
Lanyon
Caroline Deyga
Mabel
Tam Dean Burn
Councillor Begg
Ali Watt
Inspector Hay

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hope Dickson Leach
Writers: Vlad Butucea, Hope Dickson Leach
Languages: English

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RUNTIME

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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Hope Dickson Leach, shot by David Liddell. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Hutch Demouilpied. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Rachel Erskine shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Lorn Macdonald and Henry Pettigrew and David Hayman carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Enter a world of dark duplicity...".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Hope Dickson Leach directs. David Liddell behind the camera. Hutch Demouilpied scores. Rachel Erskine cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 4 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Hope Dickson Leach, shot by David Liddell. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Hutch Demouilpied. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Rachel Erskine shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Lorn Macdonald and Henry Pettigrew and David Hayman carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Enter a world of dark duplicity...".
9IMDB entry: tt16994096 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: David Liddell
Original score: Hutch Demouilpied
Editing: Rachel Erskine
Runtime: 85 min · 1h 25m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (2022)

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What people are saying

CinemaSerf2024-05-25
★ 6/10
To be fair to director Hope Dickson Leach, she has clearly not had much money with which to produce this adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's short-ish story. What we end up with is a really pretty dry, dingy and paceless version with an enthusiastic but really only competent cast delivering the goods. "Utterson" (Lorn Macdonald) in an ambitious Edinburgh lawyer who is introduced by his friend "Harry Jekyll" (Henry Pettigrew) to the wealthy brewing magnate "Sir Danvers" (David Hayman). Now this gent has a cunning plan to build an huge national monument on the bog-soaked, corpse-ridden, Calton Hill on the outskirts of the city. "Utterson" is tasked with making it possible - regardless of the graves. Meantime, his friend "Jekyll" is becoming a little poorly looking, his behaviour erratic and he also seems to be increasingly under the influence of his enigmatic friend "Mr. Hyde". Getting next to no information from housekeeper "Poole" (Alison Peebles), "Utterson" must try to find out what's happening to his friend before something tragic occurs. It's an hard story to do well at the best of times - think of the character in the money-didn't-matter "League of Extraordinary Gentleman" (2003), so I don't think it was a daft idea to try and present this more within it's means. The monochrome photography goes some way to creating an eerie city well enough, but the acting is straight from rep. It's great that Hayman continues to support Scottish movie-making, but the whole thing just looks like a stage play on, admittedly, quite a few different sets. The production is sterile and wooden, and neither Macdonald nor Pettigrew are anything like convincing with their depictions, especially as the madness grips the latter character and the tension is supposed to mount. I'm afraid to say there are at least three better versions of this in a pretty saturated movie market of Jekyll & Hyde stories.

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