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By Andrew H (1,696) on 04 Dec 2007

Joe Orton, what an ispira........wait a minute...on the facebook review page, it has similar movies to this one.....and they listed Adam Sandler's…

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By Lourdes C (4) on 27 Nov 2007

Saw this on Tv about ten years ago and without really remembering much about it I DO remember it being a worthwhile view…

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By Warren S (291) on 12 Nov 2007

Superb tragi-comic illustration of Orton's life…

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By Casper C (6) on 09 Nov 2007

Gary Oldman and Alfred Molina are obviously great actors. They are an such unlikely couple but I guess that's the whole point…

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By Courtney B (263) on 24 Oct 2007

Starting Oldman, also staring Molina, screenplay adapted by by Bennett. Recipie for homoerotic success…

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By Douglas C (155) on 13 Oct 2007

Joe Orton stuck two fingers up to the established drama royalty...this film is a brilliant insight into his rise and fame ( albeit short );…

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By Sean C (2,276) on 12 Oct 2007

Well acted biopic…

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By Andrea E (150) on 25 Aug 2007

Inexplicably, Joe Orton is one of my favorite playwrights…

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By John Paul T (36) on 24 Aug 2007

Made me feel quite superior - quoting this as a teenager…

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By Clelie R (94) on 16 Aug 2007

Gary Oldman is just brilliant as playwright Joe Orton, and Alfred Molina gives a painfully beautiful performance…

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By Terri H (1,064) on 15 Aug 2007

I really loved this film when I saw it years ago. Would love to find it and see it again…

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By Sarah C (1,146) on 24 Jul 2007

A superb evocation of a side of Swinging London other films miss. Gary Oldman is excellent as Joe Orton and Alfred Molina is a perfect foil…

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By Duncan G (42) on 21 Jul 2007

Brilliant performances form Gary Oldman and Frances Barber really made this wacthable. And enjoyable and interesting film…

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By Mike M (2,387) on 21 Jul 2007

Gary Oldman really makes this film playing the both lovable and detestable playwright Joe Orton…

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By Selene P (27) on 02 Jul 2007

Gary Oldman is just amazing. This movie makes me wish I was a gay man so I could be with him, lol…

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By Matthew T (772) on 30 Jun 2007

A dowdy lo-fi 80s Britflick about the life and death of Joe Orton is lifted to the heights by the excellent performances of Oldman & Molina,…

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By Alex F (1,325) on 24 Jun 2007

This film is the story of the spectacular life and violent death of British playwright Joe Orton…

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By Philip H (303) on 20 Jun 2007

As it goes on,this movie becomes more and more a Joe Orton story... appropriately! Tender and tragic, it is a tale well told…

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By Dave W (540) on 14 Jun 2007

Superb performances and a good screenplay, piecing together the lives and deaths of Joe Orton and his lover K Halliwell from the evidence in…

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By Patrick Peters (101) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 05 Apr 2007

A decent snapshot of pre-Beatle Britain, this is much more a fact-based gay melodrama than a trenchant portrait of Joe Orton's life, loves and art…

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