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Wilde

1997

Brian Gilbert

Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle ...

6.3

1,959

Drama In 1883, Irish born Oscar Wilde (Stephen Fry) returns to London from a year long lecture tour of the US and Canada. He meets and marries Constance Lloyd. A few years later, his wit, flamboyance and creative genius are widely renowned and his literary career has achieved notoriety with the publication of The Picture of Dorian Gray. He and Constance now have two sons whom they both love very much. Then one evening, Robert Ross, a young ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Stephen 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 (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Though the film suffers a case of quip-lash thanks to its tireless Wildean witticisms (...) Mr. Fry's warmly sympathetic performance finds the gentleness beneath the wit"	NEU
United Kingdom	Time Out	"Fry is utterly convincing. He speaks the witty lines as if he invented them and manages to square Wilde's weakness and arrogance with his immense generosity of spirit"	POS
United Kingdom	Alex von Tunzelmann The Guardian	"A solid biopic, with fine performances – though in its sombre tone and attempt to cover too much of Wilde's life, it could be accused of overstating the vital importance of being earnest."	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"Though Brian Gilbert's direction is certainly adequate, the only good reason for seeing this 1997 feature is Stephen Fry's wonderfully nuanced, sweet-tempered, and charismatic performance"	NEU
United States	Derek Elley Variety	"Big, bold and burnished (...) Achievement of the current pic, however, is that it is far from just an in-your-face ’90s version of the story"	POS

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