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Title: Vastly Disappointing
Review: The only reason I gave this movie 2 stars is that the settings, costumes and atmosphere do a great job of evoking London at the time of Jack the Ripper. However, I found it unnecessary and disrespectful to the memory of Abberline to have him portrayed as a druggy and a "psychic". The facts are interesting enough; why this embellishment? To appeal to today's audience who seem to relish uncontrolled substances? It is my feeling that most serious Ripper fans would not only be disappointed in this film, but also find it a very poor depiction of everyone involved, including the prostitutes. They are much too "pretty" in this film. Filmakers seem adverse to portraying these poor, unfortunate ladies of the evening as the sorry alcoholic, sometimes toothless and very ill women that they were. But I guess audiences are more attracted to pretty faces then to reality.
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