This is one of my favorite DVD's. I had not seen it it the theaters so it must have been ho-hummed by the critics. There were no major stars in it other than the late Richard Harris. My daughter pointed out it out to me when shopping for DVD's at Best Buy last summer. I put this in the Pharmer home theater Hall of fame along with Seabiscuit, Signs, the Sixth Sence, The Fifth Element, and Interview with a Vampire.
Like the Passion the story of the Count of Monte Cristo is a cool story that needed no major star power. I finaly got my wife to watch it last weekend and she loved it. Caviezel is a good actor and now will be star. Take that Hollyweird!