John S. Robertson, 1920
Not all that bad, but not particularly good, either. John Barrymore makes for a fantastic Mr. Hyde, but he can't do much with the rather boring Dr. Jekyll. Sadly, Jekyll gets the lion's share of the screen time. Also, Hyde's rampages and general debauchery are pretty disappointingly mild (come on, this was pre-code!), which robs him of a good portion of his menace. There are still a few really nice sequences, nonetheless - in particular, Hyde's first spontaneous (non-potion) appearance and subsequent assault and the dream sequence in which Jekyll is embraced by a giant spider.
4/10
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