The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realisation of his homosexuality caused Wilde enormous torment as he juggled marriage, fatherhood and responsibility with his obsessive love for Lord Alfred Douglas.
Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film 4 wins & 8 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
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.
– Derek Elley,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
fresh:
If anybody was born to play Oscar Wilde, it must have been Stephen Fry: not only does he look like the Green Carnation Man, but he himself is often portrayed as being too clever, too complex for his own good.
– Stephen Garrett,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
fresh:
Likely to remain the definitive screen treatment of Oscar Wilde for years to come.
– Kevin Thomas,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb 2001
rotten:
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.
– Carol Lloyd,
Salon.com,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Mr. 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.