Critical response[edit]

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 57% based on 151 reviews, with an average rating of 5.30/10.
The site's critic consensus reads: "Visually impressive, but this latest Ripper tale is dull and far from
scary."[4] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 54 out of 100, based on 32 critics, indicating "mixed or
average reviews".[12] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.[13]
E! Online stated that the film is "two hours of gory murders, non-sequitur scenes, and an undeveloped romance" and
gave the film a C−. The New York Post called it a "gripping and stylish thriller". Roger Ebert awarded the film "two
thumbs up". Leonard Maltin gave the film three stars, calling it "colorful and entertaining; an impressive showing for the
Hughes Brothers."[14]
Empire's Kim Newman awarded the film four out of five stars, praising the "range of squirmingly superior British acting
talent" although noting that "the script can't quite sell its Jack as at once a purposeful assassin and a mad killer."[15] Philip
French was impressed by the film, praising Depp's "very good" performance as well as those who played the Ripper's
victims. French also praised the production design and cinematography, which evoked representations of London by the
artists Whistler and John Atkinson Grimshaw.[16]
The original comic's writer, Alan Moore, criticized the replacement of his "gruff" version of Frederick Abberline with an
"absinthe-swilling dandy".[

Critical response[edit]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 57% based on 151 reviews, with an average rating of 5.30/10.
The site's critic consensus reads: "Visually impressive, but this latest Ripper tale is dull and far from
scary."[4] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 54 out of 100, based on 32 critics, indicating "mixed or
average reviews".[12] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.[13]
E! Online stated that the film is "two hours of gory murders, non-sequitur scenes, and an undeveloped romance" and
gave the film a C−. The New York Post called it a "gripping and stylish thriller". Roger Ebert awarded the film "two
thumbs up". Leonard Maltin gave the film three stars, calling it "colorful and entertaining; an impressive showing for the
Hughes Brothers."[14]
Empire's Kim Newman awarded the film four out of five stars, praising the "range of squirmingly superior British acting
talent" although noting that "the script can't quite sell its Jack as at once a purposeful assassin and a mad killer."[15] Philip
French was impressed by the film, praising Depp's "very good" performance as well as those who played the Ripper's
victims. French also praised the production design and cinematography, which evoked representations of London by the
artists Whistler and John Atkinson Grimshaw.[16]
The original comic's writer, Alan Moore, criticized the replacement of his "gruff" version of Frederick Abberline with an
"absinthe-swilling dandy".[