There is certainly much to like, particularly the performances, but every time the painting went 'BLAAARGH!' I started laughing, and I don't think that's what they were going for.

a complete failure, another perfume, why do they keep repeating movies!!!?

Poor remake.

The main story in Oscar Wildes (sligthly overrated) novel is the best thing about it but even that gets ruined by bad screenplay and directing. It doesnt come close to the atmosphere or the subtle horror of the novel and misses the general feel by a mile. Colin Firth and Rebecca Hall are good but wasted.

I was wondering how they'd manage the complexty of the book. Well, they didn't. Why would the painting giggle like an old sailor?

This movie is really bad. I think Oscar Wilde would be angry to see what they made out of his great Novel.

It sure isn't the book but it's enjoyable, especially Firth.

Ben Barnes is way too bland to carry off the lead role with any sense of style, but other than that it isn't too bad. Firth puts in a good performance as the sage manipulator, a cross between Machiavelli and Dr Frankenstein, orchestrating Gray's descent into debauchery for his own amusement. It gets a bit schlocky towards the end, but is reminiscent of an old-school Hammer horror picture. Not great, but fun to watch.

You just can not ruin that book. Dorian Gray was not a story of horror or limitless sex, that was something of, well read the book.

The story is obviously good, but this take on it rarely exceeds. The visual work is decent, a few scenes are hilarious and the depictions of vice and decadence are very good, but passage of time and change of character are poorly handled. I'm not so sure about the use of animation either.

Huge disappointment.

Fine Cult