Rotten
[Director] Dunmore creates a memorably grimy London, but the moral grime covering the film proves less memorable.
Keith Phipps, AV Club
The Libertine
He didn't resist temptation. He pursued it.
2004 · 1h 54m · R
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Laurence Dunmore
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The Libertine
Overview
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.
Director and cast
- Laurence Dunmore Director
- Johnny Depp as Rochester
- Samantha Morton as Elizabeth Barry
- John Malkovich as Charles II
- Rosamund Pike as Elizabeth Malet
- Paul Ritter as Chiffinch
- Stanley Townsend as Keown
- Francesca Annis as Countess
- Tom Hollander as Etherege
- Johnny Vegas as Sackville
- Richard Coyle as Alcock
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
33%
Tomatometer
Rotten
What emerges from the bilious murk of first-time director Laurence Dunmore's film is a sad picture of an intelligent and talented writer who opted for self-indulgence and gratuitous insult over anything more meaningful.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Rotten
As the character grows sicker and quieter, the drama's energy fades.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Rotten
The point seems to be that too much of a good thing leads to a vast sense of nothingness and bleak cinematography. Alas, it also results in transforming a film about a sensualist into a remarkably sexless enterprise.
Neva Chonin, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
A bawdy Restoration romp that doesn't. Romp.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
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