Director: Tom Hooper
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Jude Law, Ralph Fiennes, Naomi Watts, Sally Hawkins, Helena Bonham Carter, Lena Headey, Claire Foy
Budget: $56,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $94,567,099
Foreign Box Office: $179,859,561
Total Profit: $142,385,892
Reaction: A huge success overseas. In fact, the film made over $79 million in Europe alone. We're very happy with those figures considering the film was not a huge effects-driven release, but rather a period crime film.
"Despite being named after him, Jack the Ripper, the film, offers no real insight into the murderous figure." - Sean Williamson, Toronto Star
"Despite a more than adequate budget and a big name cast, Tom Hooper makes it all look like the low-budget British television his career started in." - Michael Wilmington, Rolling Stone
"Despite the poor directorial choices by Tom Hooper and the paint-by-numbers mystery that masquerades as the plot of the film, the cast alone makes this movie worth watching - barely." - Henry Stewart, Chicago Sun-Times
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