Scott -- good points about "Donnie" -- I couldn't figure out why there were focusing on the Drew Barrymore character either, until I saw she produced the flick! And the Noah Wylie character was there to give infodumps, and that was it.

But I also learned that the guy who wrote it and (I think) directed it was only 25 or so at the time. Amazing.

See "Amelie" to get all the crap in "From Hell" out of your system. Truly a magic-realistic film if ever I saw it. I'll be buying it some day to add to my slowly-growing DVD collection (he says after having bought "Dirty Dancing" for his wife and "Highlander" for himself last night! for $10 each!!!).