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By David Ray G (363) on 27 Mar 2010

I was in my very early teens when I first attempted watching this movie, and I clearly remember stopping it at 6 minutes…

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By Ws W (1,791) on 21 Dec 2009

A celebration of Joe Orton's life with a great Alan Bennett script plus top performances by Gary Oldman and Alfred Molina…

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By Seth R (103) on 20 Dec 2009

This certainly made me want to learn more about playwright Joe Orton…

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By Mark F (961) on 15 Dec 2009

Une histoire d'amour, de la libÃ©ration sexuelle et de la crÃ©ation artistique, le tout servi par un duo d'acteurs excellents…

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By Matthew Sorrento (173) for PopMatters (2,617) on 16 Nov 2009

Molina stares down all clichés, veering away from effeminate tones when they would be most convenient and avoids trapping Ken into a brooding madman…

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By Kiran E (22) on 13 Nov 2009

Interesting film. Very well acted, especially by Alfred Molina…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 04 Nov 2009

The great performances in the movie are, of course, at its center…

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By Brett (27) on 23 Jun 2009

Great movie, and a warning to treat your partner with a little more respect, I don't care how famous or handsome you are…

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By Paul D (6,077) on 14 Apr 2009

I love the collagework on the walls!! I reminds me of my old house in london! I love it!! apart from that, it is still an amazing movie…

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By Variety Staff (1,156) for Variety (12,700) on 26 Mar 2009

Gary Oldman is excellent as Orton, right down to remarkable resemblance, while Alfred Molina creates both an amusing and tormented Halliwell…

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By Martin S (921) on 14 Mar 2009

Tres bien! J'ai bien aime! Excellentes performances de Oldman et Molina…

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By M M (303) on 03 Mar 2009

I realized I wanted to be like gary oldman watching this. exactly him. and i'm a girl…

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By Elenore T (3) on 02 Mar 2009

As a film, it's well structured but a bit flimsily plotted…

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By Laura L (473) on 19 Feb 2009

With this being a biopic about a playwright I didn't know anything about, I thought it would just turn out to be a mushy melodramatic mess…

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By Liam D (200) on 08 Feb 2009

A very well written and performed biopic about the rather short life of playwright Joe Orton…

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By Briget 6 (3) on 10 Jan 2009

Frears, Molina, OLDMAN. Need I go on? Alright, I will…

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By Shane P (141) on 24 Dec 2008

I love Stephen Frears because he has a way of blending theatrical writing into cinematic writing. But, I think he fell short on this one…

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By Paul Z (502) on 21 Oct 2008

Stephen Frears's seriocomic biopic tells the story of Joe Orton and Kenneth Halliwell in flashback, framed by sequences of John Lahr, played…

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By His L (73) on 23 Sep 2008

Wow I have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch...this has got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout…

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By Yi-Ting W (1) on 08 Sep 2008

Interesting storyline, fantastic acting all round especially from Gary Oldman (Joe) and Alfred Molina (Kenneth) who both absorb into the characters…

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