The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll 1960/1961 [alternative name House of Flight] by AverageMansReviews

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll 1960/1961 [alternative name House of Flight] by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is transformation/domestic violence/man on woman violence/strangling/stabbing/shooting/animal cruelty/animal biting/suicide/medical

One brain, two people: briefly; Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Edward Hyde [Paul Massie:] Dr. Jekyll is a scientist, but is working on removing elements of our personality traits would hopefully create higher functioning beings, but by doing so he creates Mr. Hyde and this is their story.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script, the framework and pacing of this 88 minute film is extremely hard work, because on all counts it feels like it is drifting along with not a lot happening coinciding with things clearly happening and then on top of that we have the framework and pacing which mirrors that approach; this was hardly fun to watch or even I would take good to watch.

Art and action; this set designs, costumes and the cultural dancing with and I do stress with the snake was good; I should clarify there is a moment where the snake is a moment where the snake is on the floor and she is dancing around the snake like women used to dance around their handbags in decades past which I have to say this was weird; yes there was some other dancing and let's just say the person I watch some of this contend with after some time just pressed the fast-forward button and other previous bits and pieces as well; which I can't blame them because after some time, it was just insufferably boring, we don't get much in the way of action; action but when we do it serves its purpose and it does the jobs at that those times in the movie; so they are solid.

Character developments and performances; okay the what I perceive to be the status quo for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; as I have seen quite a few incarnations throughout my life; this was an interesting take on these two characters and their dynamics; but like a referenced in the previous section at least we get one face-to-face conversation via a mirror, but other than that these character developments were solid and has the same can be said for these performances; as I said I it is felt like there wasn't really much happening, even though it came in fits and starts.

This film receives: 2/10, this film is poor; this was actually really difficult to watch; it never really grabbed me or I couldn't settle down with it and you should know by now I gave old films a little bit more credit with what they had to use at their disposal at that time making the film, but when there is a much to talk about, I can't really be held responsible for that and to be reasonable to myself/to you I am never made stuff up on things that were just not there.