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I May Destroy You
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Brevity is the soul of wit, eh? This adaptation gets to the nitty gritty of Wilde's stage piece and plays on eternal human foibles.
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The bright, crisp design, Wilde's arch eloquence and a classy company help to camouflage the shortcomings. March 2, 2011 | Full Review…
The bright, crisp design, Wilde's arch eloquence and a classy company help to camouflage the shortcomings.
An enjoyable, minor, lustrously shot revamping of Oscar Wilde's play about the perpetually interlocked manners of love and deception. July 7, 2010 | Rating: B | Full Review…
An enjoyable, minor, lustrously shot revamping of Oscar Wilde's play about the perpetually interlocked manners of love and deception.
Owen Gleiberman
Smooth-flowing direction, a shrewdly pruned script and a top-flight ensemble cast that visibly relishes both the dialogue and one another's perfs make this a tony item for upscale, mature audiences. June 19, 2008 | Full Review…
Smooth-flowing direction, a shrewdly pruned script and a top-flight ensemble cast that visibly relishes both the dialogue and one another's perfs make this a tony item for upscale, mature audiences.
Derek Elley
Parker has made a sensible cinematic translation of Wilde's play, intercutting scenes which would have been played consecutively on the stage. July 21, 2005
Parker has made a sensible cinematic translation of Wilde's play, intercutting scenes which would have been played consecutively on the stage.
Jeff Millar
[I]t's likely that Mr. Wilde, who once wrote, 'A poet can survive anything but a misprint,' would have been less than thrilled with the result. March 19, 2002 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
[I]t's likely that Mr. Wilde, who once wrote, 'A poet can survive anything but a misprint,' would have been less than thrilled with the result.
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Peter Travers
Parker's shuttlecock technique only succeeds in throwing Wilde's cascading rhythms seriously out of whack and makes it hard to attend to the language as fully as one would like. June 18, 2012 | Full Review…
Parker's shuttlecock technique only succeeds in throwing Wilde's cascading rhythms seriously out of whack and makes it hard to attend to the language as fully as one would like.
Quality comedy with a sprinkling of romance, skilfully assembled by a director with a clear feel for the material. Performances are universally great and the dialogue, of course, is superb. July 20, 2010 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Quality comedy with a sprinkling of romance, skilfully assembled by a director with a clear feel for the material. Performances are universally great and the dialogue, of course, is superb.
It's lavish, clever entertainment, a welcome opportunity to laugh without shame. July 20, 2010 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
It's lavish, clever entertainment, a welcome opportunity to laugh without shame.
Maitland McDonagh
It's a pleasant diversion but sadly, little more than a chance to hear Rupert's barbed wit. December 15, 2009 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
It's a pleasant diversion but sadly, little more than a chance to hear Rupert's barbed wit.
Karina Montgomery
The exquisite teamwork and byplay make the film such a delight to watch. November 18, 2009 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The exquisite teamwork and byplay make the film such a delight to watch.
Michael Dequina
All the other performances -- from Cate Blanchett, Minnie Driver, Julianne Moore, John Wood and Peter Vaughan -- are first rate. August 7, 2008 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
All the other performances -- from Cate Blanchett, Minnie Driver, Julianne Moore, John Wood and Peter Vaughan -- are first rate.
Mark Halverson
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