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.
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03/26/09
Wilde (1997)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:7
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.8/10
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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Top CriticNo review available.
04/25/03
Top CriticLikely to remain the definitive screen treatment of Oscar Wilde for years to come.
02/14/01
Top CriticThe 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.
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Top CriticMr. Fry's warmly sympathetic performance finds the gentleness beneath the wit. He conveys the sense of a man at the mercy of forces he cannot control, not least of them his own brittle genius.
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Top CriticBosie is one of history's legendary bad boyfriends, and Jude Law plays him to the hilt. He's spoiled and angry, flies into bug-eyed rages and seems bent on destroying Wilde and his work.
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Top CriticStephen Fry brings a depth and gentleness to the role that says what can be said about Oscar Wilde: that he was a funny and gifted idealist in a society that valued hypocrisy above honesty.
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