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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   804 votes
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Director:
Oliver Parker
Writers:
Toby Finlay (screenplay)
Oscar Wilde (novel)
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Release Date:
9 September 2009 (UK) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Forever Young. Forever Cursed.
Plot:
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
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(112 articles)
Ben Barnes Tipped for 'Bono's Doppelganger'
 (From IFTN. 4 November 2009, 11:29 PM, PST)

Sitges ’09: My Sitges Story—Part 7
 (From Fangoria. 13 October 2009, 12:16 PM, PDT)

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Runtime:
112 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Company:
Ealing Studios more

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Trivia:
This is the second film starring Rachel Hurd-Wood (Sybil Vane) that involves an eternally youthful male lead. The first was Peter Pan (2003). more
Quotes:
[from trailer]
Lord Henry Wotton: You have the only two things worth having: looks and youth.
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Version of The Picture of Dorian Gray (1913) more
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A Perfect Picture more

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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Thoroughly enjoyable, 15 September 2009
7/10
Author: kester_gillard from United Kingdom

I've been puzzled by the negative reviews i've seen for this as i really enjoyed it. It looks superb, with some excellent atmospheric Victorian locations. Ben Barnes is perfect as Dorian, good looking but not bland & still sympathetic throughout the film. The character of Emily which has been invented for the film works very well, and Colin Firth is magnificent in his pivotal role. Dorians gradual deprivation is well shown without heading off into exploitation and he is given real depth. His tragedy is very obvious.I must admit to not having read the original book as yet, but I do intend to now. I really enjoyed it but for its full benefit I recommend seeing it at the cinema.

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