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Name: The Count of Monte Cristo
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Genre: action, adventure, drama, history, thriller
Released: 2002
Duration: 2 h 11 min
Rating: 7.7

The Count of Monte Cristo has an iRankMovies score of 73/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

Prepare for adventure. Count on revenge.

Release:2002

Runtime:2h 11m

Country:Ireland

Director:Kevin Reynolds

Language:English

Genre

ActionAdventureDrama

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Keywords

TreasureBased On Novel Or BookLoss Of Loved OneMarseille FranceFemale LoverEx LoverNapoleon BonapartePrison Escape

iRank73

The Count of Monte Cristo rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.7/10· 157K votes

Rotten Tomatoes74%

Metacritic61%

TMDb7.674/10· 2K votes

With 74% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.7/10 on IMDb and 61/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About The Count of Monte Cristo

Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, Fernand, deceives him. After spending 13 miserable years in prison, Dantés escapes with the help of a fellow inmate and plots his revenge, cleverly insinuating himself into the French nobility.

Cast of The Count of Monte Cristo

Jim Caviezel
as Edmond Dantes
Guy Pearce
as Fernand Mondego
Richard Harris
as Abbé Faria
James Frain
as J.F. Villefort
Dagmara Dominczyk
as Mercedes Iguanada
Michael Wincott
as Armand Dorleac
Luis Guzmán
as Jacopo
Christopher Adamson
as Maurice
JB Blanc
as Luigi Vampa
Henry Cavill
as Albert Mondego
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Katherine Holme
as Julianne
Helen McCrory
as Valentina Villefort

The Count of Monte Cristo facts

Budget: $35M
Box office: $75.4M

Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026Methodology Data sources

Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Kevin Reynolds executes ambitious period adventure with betrayal-revenge themes
•Nineteenth century novel adaptation features awestruck action-adventure spectacle sequences
•Drama-thriller genre delivers consistent narrative momentum across multiple emotional registers

What the audience disliked

•Rotten Tomatoes underrepresents compared to IMDB audience appreciation significantly
•Female lover subplot develops secondary compared to primary revenge narrative focus