The Count Of Monte Cristo is a Samuel Goldwyn Films release. The film will play for audiences in Los Angeles and New York theaters beginning December 20, and will expanding to more than fifteen markets in the U.S. beginning on January 3.
The last screen adaptation of famed author Alexandre Dumas’s The Count Of Monte Cristo was 2002’s release from director Kevin Reynolds. To say the least, while I enjoyed the film, it always felt like there was more missing to its treatment for such an epic tale to be told. Would it be a stretch to say that the time our dear protagonist Edmond Dantes spent on an island prison equate to the weight of having to wait as long as the rest of us did for something significant and impressive to come along from the film front? I reckon that it depends on your viewpoint and tastes in film, in general.
Moreover, and personally, I certainly didn’t expect the latest French-language iteration from directing duo Alexandre de la Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte to be a three hour saga, or even as historically expensive a production as it is; I haven’t yet seen their contribution to Martin Bourboulon’s last tête-à-tête, The Three Musketeers, and additionally – to be clear on this – I’m definitely not complaining. While not particularly suited for just anyone’s intake, de la Patellière and Delaporte have achieved something well-studied and intricate in their mapping of Dumas’s 19th-century tale. It also takes a few liberties here and there, while the collective modus operandi is staunchly applied and presented by the filmmakers that embarks viewers on a quest of revenge that is less binary and perfunctory than what two hours could entail.
Indeed, this critique is about more than how the duration of Samuel Goldwyn Films’ latest pending rollout of The Count Of Monte Cristo performs according to its length… To read the rest of my review, head over to Buy Me A Coffee and support my work today for as little as $5. There’s no subscription tier, and so you’re welcome to donate as much, and as often as you would like.