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Loved for being unique. Hated for being different.
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Drama, History - 1997
Wilde
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Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. After much toil, Wilde debuts 'The Importance of Being Earnest' in London, and a chat at the theatre with Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas leads to a full-fledged romance. However, this affair leads to a legal dispute with Lord Alfred's oppressive father, the Marquess of Queensberry, and, given the local anti-gay laws, Wilde is jailed. Wilde's vast intellect helps him survive until he regains his freedom.
Director:
,
Brian Gilbert
Cast:
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Tom Wilkinson
,
Michael Sheen
,
Gemma Jones
,
Jude Law
,
Stephen Fry
,
Vanessa Redgrave
,
Zoë Wanamaker
,
Judy Parfitt
,
Jennifer Ehle
,
Ioan Gruffudd

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Details

Runtime:
118 min
Release date:
1 Sep 1997
Country:
DE, JP, GB
Languages:
English
Budget:
$10,000,000
Revenue:
$2,158,775
Awards:
Nominated for 2 BAFTA 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.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
1 Jan 2000
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