ib011f9545i Review of Mary Reilly

Mary Reilly (1996)

glad I saw it but not great and not set in London.

[6/10 · 2 December 2020]

As someone from Edinburgh Scotland who is a big Julia Roberts fan it is surprising it has taken me so long to watch this film. It has a poor reputation but is neither great or a disaster,somewhere in between. Julia Roberts plays an Irish maid in Victorian Edinburgh. The film never mentions the city is Edinburgh that is where it was filmed and it is where the book is set. Every British city is not London and the author of the book set the story in Edinburgh due to Burke and Hare and Deacon Brodie,look them up and be amazed. In Edinburgh the rich and poor lived close to each other,so its seems did good and evil. A film of Deacon Brodie's life would be amazing. But back to this film. Julia Roberts plays an Irish migrant to Edinburgh who is a shy but pretty maid. I won't say anymore about the plot but sadly this is not a great film but it is worth seeing