Worth seeing for Stephen Fry’s outstanding performance alone, Wilde is an exquisite jewel adorned with a witty script and superlative production design.
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Wilde (1997)
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Reviews Counted:47
Fresh:35
Rotten:12
Average Rating:6.7/10
Synopsis: Based on the best-selling biography by Richard Ellman, this unconventional biopic traces the brilliant, witty, and tragic life of Oscar Wilde from his rise to fame as a much-in-demand author and... [More]
Starring: Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle
Director: Brian Gilbert
Reviews for Wilde
Top CriticA 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.
03/26/09
Top CriticStephen Fry is extraordinary as Oscar Wilde, but the movie lacks balance and finesse and comes across as a TV movie of the week.
05/26/06
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.
01/26/06
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10/10/05
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09/23/05
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06/19/05
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10/04/03
Stephen Fry captures Wilde completely.
09/17/03
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08/29/03
[Stephen Fry] was born to play Oscar Wilde!
06/28/03
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05/20/03
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04/25/03
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02/21/03
There's never been a better story about the misadventures of one of the world's greatest writer. Fry should have been Oscar nominated, and Law is equally electrifying.
02/10/03
Top CriticJulian Mitchell's script freely doles out all kinds of pithy, self-conscious bon mots among its cast, but doesn't bother to flesh out convincingly the emotional conflicts and dramas in which the characters find themselves.
01/10/03
Fry is great, though the film struggles to make a lasting impression.
01/09/03
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01/07/03
Call it “The Picture of Oscar Gray” or “The Importance of Being Overly Earnest.” Somberness aside, “Wilde” is still worth placing a green carnation in your lapel for and scampering off to see.
01/04/03
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