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Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

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Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Price
Screenplay by
Story byDavid Price
Based onStrange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1886 novella
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTom Priestley Jr.
Edited byTony Lombardo
Music byMark McKenzie
Production
company
Distributed by
Release dates
  • August 25, 1995 (1995-08-25) (United States)
  • December 8, 1995 (1995-12-08) (United Kingdom)
Running time
90 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • Canada
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8 million
Box office$3 million (US and UK)

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde is a 1995 science fiction comedy film, directed by David Price and based on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 horror novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The story takes place in the 1990s, concerning a bumbling chemist who tampers with his great-grandfather's formula, accidentally transforming himself into a beautiful businesswoman who is determined to take over his life.

It stars Sean Young, Tim Daly, and Lysette Anthony. This marked the second collaboration between Young and Daly after both previously starring in the 1994 TV movie Witness to the Execution.

Reception

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The film received a 14% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[1]

The film was nominated for three Razzie Awards, including Worst Actress for Young, Worst Remake or Sequel, and Worst Screen Couple for Daly and Young.[2] It was also nominated for Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy at the 1995 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards.[3]

"At an age when she should be hitting her stride", wrote film critic Mick LaSalle, "she is already parodying herself – parodying her public image, of all things, not her screen image...It's just possible that schlock is Young's natural element and roles like this her true calling".[4] Hugo Davenport in The Daily Telegraph said, "Apart from being a travesty of Stevenson, it is so crass, witless and misogynistic that it makes Confessions of a Window Cleaner look like Dostoevsky".[5]

A review from The Austin Chronicle summarized the film by saying, "Overall, this PG-13 bore is neither crass enough nor intelligent enough to hold anyone's attention."[6]

After its theatrical run, HBO Video released the film onto VHS and Laserdisc. It was released on DVD in 2004.[citation needed]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ jekyll and ms. Hyde "Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 19, 2025. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  2. ^ "All the awards and nominations of Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde". Film Affinity. 1995. Retrieved October 19, 2025.
  3. ^ "The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards (1995)". IMDB. Retrieved October 19, 2025.
  4. ^ LaSalle, Mick (September 1995). "Young is a Horror as 'Ms Hyde'". San Francisco Chronicle.
  5. ^ Quoted at [1].
  6. ^ O' Bryan, Joey (September 1, 1995). "Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde". The Austin Chronicle.
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