Customer Ratings & Reviews

I bought this as a gift however i have seen it and it has something for everybody. It has romance and action. Not a boring moment. Great date movie.

Great movie, only wished this came with a digital copy, it does not.

good remake from older books to maybe get someone to look for original

This is the best version of "The Count" that I have seen.

A little different from the book, but still an awesome movie

Characters are charismatic together and story is fun with a good combination of mystery, intrigue, suspence and romance. Very enjoyable

In adapting Alexandre Dumas' 1462 page novel for the silver screen, an IMMENSE amount of cutting the extra material not pertinent to the main story (Edmond & his revenge against those who betrayed him) had to be done. I personally applaud the screenwriting of Jay Wolpert (who wrote a script for "Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl" which was ultimately rejected), the superb direction of Kevin Reynolds (who directed the smash hit "Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves") and an all-star cast, including Jim Caviezel (before his powerful performance in "The Passion Of The Christ"), Guy Pearce ("Memento") and the late Richard Harris ("Camelot") in one of his final film roles. Cutting it down to just a little over two hours and maintaining the spirit of the original novel, albeit with a lot of liberties that die-hard purists will not enjoy, that is quite an accomplishment. The movie itself is a tour-de-force. It shouldn't have been rated PG-13 (the brief situation in the movie is handled discreetly and the violence is mild & non-graphic). As for language, come on. It's a period piece. All in all, awesome film. The special features are very interesting: a featurette on Dumas himself, an inside look at the process involved in bringing this classic novel to the screen, deleted scenes with director commentary and more. Highly recommended with Disney's version of "The Three Musketeers."

This is by far one of the best movies I have ever seen. Its not exactly like the original but its still great. This film has everything you can ask for in a movie.

Great movie with very good acting. One of my favorites, had to re-buy because someone I loaned it too, decided they also really liked...worth seeing, you will not be disappointed.

This is one of my favorite movies! It has a little bit of everything, drama, romance, supspense and action. It's best viewed on blu-ray of course! I absolutely love the story line and I think you will too, so check it out! :)

One of my favorite movies. Keeps you interested all the way through. Very exciting...

Awesome movie, Great plot!!!! Great acting!!!! Buy it and watch it you will love it!

The real stength of Dumas' novel was in it's themes of moral right and wrong. In this movie Dantes doesn't start off quite innocent enough. When he becomes the Count he isn't nearly sinister enough. As a result the movie starts off well with the encounter at the Island of Elba, but when Monte Cristo shows up in a hot air balloon you realise quickly that the film has lost it's direction. It's too bad that the Richard Chamberlain version isn't available on DVD. This certainly isn't the classic tale.

This review is not of the movie, which I love and why I want it on bluray, the review is of the actual bluray disc. I bought the movie and exchanged it twice all for the same problems: on my Sony bluray player after the Touchtone splash screen it would shut down the player. On my PS3 it played fine but only has 2.1 PCM 48Hz audio, no Dolby 5.1 HD. My player and PS3 have recent updates. Hopefully you will get a good disc to enjoy the movie to its fullest.