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Wilde (1997)
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Reviews Counted:47
Fresh:35
Rotten:12
Average Rating:6.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Based on the best-selling biography by Richard Ellman, this unconventional biopic traces the brilliant, witty, and tragic life of Oscar Wilde from his rise to fame as a much-in-demand author and... [More]
Starring: Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle
Director: Brian Gilbert
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Reviews for Wilde
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04/25/03
This tale about the genius of paradox presents its own curious puzzle: how a life of such epic passion and tragedy can elicit so little emotional pull.
03/24/02
A gelid, often charmless affair which flirts with us, but ultimately fails to consummate the relationship.
01/01/00
Call it “The Picture of Oscar Gray” or “The Importance of Being Overly Earnest.” Somberness aside, “Wilde” is still worth placing a green carnation in your lapel for and scampering off to see.
01/04/03
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08/29/03
The closest thing the movie has to a point of view is a tendentious and mystifying voice-over, in which Fry reads excerpts from Wilde's fairy tale about a selfish giant who banishes his children from his garden.
01/01/00
A plodding, downbeat drama with all potential for mirth drained from it.
06/05/02
You would think the life of Oscar Wilde would lend itself more to film. Not so. This biopic is unfathomably boring and ultimately pointless.
01/01/00
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02/21/03
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10/10/05
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01/01/00
Wilde is, laudably, not presented as a simple icon or martyr of the gay movement, but as a flawed, admirable, attractive, disappointing human being.
01/01/00
The style of art and wisdom the creators of this movie have used here rolls around to be one of the greatest and most sensational biographical images I have ever seen.
01/01/00
A tony biopic that manages to combine an upfront portrayal of the scribe's gayness with an often moving examination of his broader emotions and artistic ideals.
03/26/09
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06/19/05
Stephen Fry captures Wilde completely.
09/17/03
The film depicts the shadow side of yearning. When stoked by pride, it can lead to a headlong plunge into self-destruction.
03/02/02
Though director Brian Gilbert's name has hardly been a household word, his Wilde is conclusively the best of the three accounts of the author's life to date.
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