they couldve made us care more

Well I liked very much this movie although it was about homosexuals, whose I dispise the most. Acting exceeds expectations beside Fry, Law and Sheen who did it really good. There are quite few (time)holes, when you wonder what happend in between. Intimate moments are a bit too exposed, and this is quite disturbing especially if you're a bit more traditional. Soundtrack was outstanding. Overall nice insight in Wilde's life.

For a film about the flamboyant Oscar Wilde, this one is rather dull. It does get better towards the end as one gets to witness the moral ambiguity that defined his life and the hypocritical and unjust but understandable condemnation he received from a people that wasn't ready for him. Unfortunately, it's a case of too little too late.

Superb evocation of the period, and a peerless cast, makes this a fascinating snapshot of Wilde's life. Fry and Law are both equally outstanding, with Fry evoking Wilde to a spooky degree, and Law matching him as his petulant, childish lover. Witty, clever and always entertaining, while never being afraid to shy away from the darker themes of Wilde's self-destructive tendencies. That Fry was suffering with his own similar issues at the time makes his performance all the more poignant.

Stephen Fry makes a wonderful Wilde. Pity he couldn't have starred in a better movie.

Very good.

I love Stephen Fry and expected to love this film, but I'm afraid it didn't twist my socks one little bit. Excellent production design though.

Well-made enough, but too many shots of guys smooching. Sorry to have such a knee-jerk reaction, but... EW!!!!

Thoroughly enjoyable bio-pic about the life, wit, talent and tragedy of Oscar Wilde, played brilliantly by Stephen Fry. Excellent cast and script.

Phenomenal soundtrack. Great acting on the part of Fry and Law, and all the others. I wish they hadn't skipped over then end bits of Wilde's life, but at still a wonderful film.

First name, Oscar, here reduced to the role of martyr in a homosexual Passion play, the hapless plaintiff in an indictment of a benighted time. Up to and including his infamous libel trial, this is a conventional "biopic" (notwithstanding the breathtakingly unexpected opening in Colorado, with a rollicking Copland-esque musical accompaniment) on a most unconventional subject, a piece of hack-work on an artist of genius, hopping and skipping and jumping in chronological order through his life