Wilde - Special Edition

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Summary: OSCAR DESERVED BETTER
Review: WILDE(1997) is a superficial account on Oscar Wilde`s life. Stephen Fry lacks his cynisisem, but JUDE LAW excells as Bosie.

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Summary: Boise vs. Robert Ross
Review: I am a long-time student of Oscar Wilde, and thought this movie did an excellent job of portraying Oscar's story and characterization. By far the most wondrous thing in it, though, was the tension between Robbie Ross and Lord Alfred. I thought this was SO true to life!!!

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Summary: Extraordinary in its accurate and moving portrayal of Wilde.
Review: Having read numerous biographies of Wilde and having recently seen "Gross Indecency - The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde" I was very moved by this very poignant film, not only in its fidelity to his biography, but in the emotion it generated.

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Summary: WILDE DESERVED BETTER
Review: WILDE(1997) is the story of the master of poetry, OSCAR WILDE. The film is rather superficial, Stephen Fry lacks the cynisism of Oscar. The script tries to swallow too much - so there isn`t the depth one could hope for. JUDE LAW however is stunningly good...

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Summary: Pleasing
Review: Not quite an epic, not quite a bio-pic, this delightful glimpse into the life of Oscar Wilde does an admirable job of highlighting elements of Wilde's unique wit and style, as his demise from stardom into near obscurity. The mores of the time in which he lived are vividly portrayed. Too bad the movie couldn't include more aspects of Wilde's literary contribution but this is understandable considering the specific aspect with which the filmmakers had to deal. If you like movies with history and romance, drama, witty dialogue, gorgeous scenery and photography, you'll love this one! I did!

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Summary: If you're a Wilde fan, you'll definitely love this movie.
Review: This is definitely an excellent movie, and a must for any Oscar Wilde fan. It is highly recomended that the viewer previously reads a little about Oscar's life before watching the movie. The production itself is magnificent and the settings and dresses are just as good as the dialogues. From a Mexican fan. ACHA

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Summary: "My people sit in chairs and chatter..."
Review: For anyone who is a fan of Wilde, this movie is excellent. Well acted, cleverly cast, divinely scripted, it really has it all. For those unfamiliar with Wilde, if you can appreciate the decadence of the lifestyle and see the hypocrisy of the time, you will thoroughly enjoy it as well. As his plays were, the film is scripted as more of a vehicle for his various epigrams and witticisms than anything else, but it gets in all the history and various necessary facts to pull it together. A sympathetic and brilliant portrayal by the incomparable Stephen Fry and a viciously truthful performance bythe very talented Jude Law complete the package. A must for any modern aesthete.

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Summary: awsome
Review: Wilde is the best anything depicting Oscar and Bosie ever! As soon as the price goes down I am buying a copy for everyone I know!

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Summary: A love that dare not speak it's name...
Review: Whether you know absolutely nothing about Oscar Wilde, or if you've been a fan for ages, you will love this movie. Fry is an incredible Oscar, and Law a terrifically vicious Bosie. The story of Oscar's love for a spoiled brat, and his inevitable downfall is fabulously framed by Wilde's own fairy tale of "The Selfish Giant." It's truly a wonderful film, and I can't wait for the price to go down to a reasonable amount so I can finally own it!

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Summary: A well-made depiction of Wilde's life
Review: Wilde is a beautifully made film, and I agree with the other customer reviews that found it an impressive portrait of the writer's life. As an expert on Wilde myself (I am writing my master's thesis on him) I would like to comment on some of the objections raised to its handling of his life by scholars and critics. Several scholars whose comments on the film I have read (they know who they are) have pointed out its factual inaccuracies, and have complained about its emphasis on Wilde's love life rather than his literary career. Admittedly, if the viewer wants a more scrupulous account of Wilde's life than is given by this film, she/he would be better off reading Ellmann's biography, on which the film is rather loosely based. Artistic liberties aside, I think we would all agree that the sight of a man making love is more dramatically interesting than the sight of him writing; the film's depiction of Wilde's intimate experiences, speculative as they are, serve to give us additional insight into who he was and the emotions that drove him. The film's greatest strength is its depiction of the neurotic relationship between Wilde and Douglas, which helps the viewer to understand how Wilde got into the jam he did.
I'm sure nobody can complain about the performances in the film, which are dead on, especially that of Stephen Fry in the title role; unlike many actors portraying famous people he not only acts as Wilde must have acted but looks quite like him, which adds to the film's feeling of verisimilitude. Unfortunately, since we don't have a DVD player yet, this review is based on my copy of the video. Hopefully, I'll be able to get the DVD later to examine the extras.