Dorian Gray

UK 2009, 112 minutes
Dir. Oliver Parker
Rating: [R16]
Genres: Horror

Topics: Gothic.

Feat. Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall, Emilia Fox, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Ben Chaplin, Fiona Shaw, Maryam d'Abo

Aroview: Hit-and-miss Gothic imagining of Oscar Wilde's classic, with Ben Barnes as the ageless man and Colin Firth as the silver-tongued Lord who corrupts him.

The third of dir. Parker's Wilde adaptations (he also directed AN IDEAL HUSBAND and THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST), this is possibly the least faithful, due to an overexplict take on Wilde's philosophical text; the film is stuffed to the brim with sex and violence. Barnes is a bit bland, but Colin Firth steals the show as the wonderfully slimy Lord Henry Wotton.

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3 stars (Good Enough) it would be a depiction of a Young Nat. if it wasn't for the wit and wisdom. ~Tubbs
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2 stars (Good Try) Horse manure. How do you turn a brilliant story by a genius like Oscar Wilde into a third-rate gothic horror film? Apparently by butchering about two-thirds of Lord Henry's gems and adding a whole lot of sex and horror that is not in the book. ~ravioliwonton