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Dorian Gray

  • 20092009
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  • 1h 52m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
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Ben Barnes in Dorian Gray (2009)
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
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A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
65K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,154
570
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    • Director
      • Oliver Parker
    • Writers
      • Toby Finlay
      • Oscar Wilde(novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray")
    • Stars
      • Ben Barnes
      • Colin Firth
      • Rebecca Hall
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Oliver Parker
    • Writers
      • Toby Finlay
      • Oscar Wilde(novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray")
    • Stars
      • Ben Barnes
      • Colin Firth
      • Rebecca Hall
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 176User reviews
    • 88Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall, and Ben Barnes in Dorian Gray (2009)
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    Ben Barnes
    Ben Barnes
    • Dorian Gray
    Colin Firth
    Colin Firth
    • Henry Wotton
    Rebecca Hall
    Rebecca Hall
    • Emily Wotton
    John Hollingworth
    John Hollingworth
    • Patrol Policeman
    Cato Sandford
    • Rent Boy
    Pip Torrens
    Pip Torrens
    • Victor
    Fiona Shaw
    Fiona Shaw
    • Agatha
    Ben Chaplin
    Ben Chaplin
    • Basil Hallward
    Caroline Goodall
    Caroline Goodall
    • Lady Radley
    Maryam d'Abo
    Maryam d'Abo
    • Gladys
    Michael Culkin
    Michael Culkin
    • Lord Radley
    Emilia Fox
    Emilia Fox
    • Lady Victoria Wotton
    Nathan Rosen
    • Young Dorian
    Jeff Lipman
    Jeff Lipman
    • Lord Kelso
    • (as Jeffrey Lipman Snr)
    Louise Kempton
    Louise Kempton
    • Prostitute
    Douglas Henshall
    Douglas Henshall
    • Alan Campbell
    Rachel Hurd-Wood
    Rachel Hurd-Wood
    • Sibyl Vane
    Johnny Harris
    Johnny Harris
    • James Vane
    • Director
      • Oliver Parker
    • Writers
      • Toby Finlay
      • Oscar Wilde(novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray")
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The original Dorian Gray has blond curly hair and blue eyes.
    • Goofs
      When Dorian is fighting Jim in the train station tunnel, the sleepers and spikes are visible. The spikes seen were not in use in 1890 when the novel was written, nor the era when the film is set.
    • Quotes

      Lord Henry Wotton: There's no shame in pleasure. Man just wants to be happy. But society wants him to be good. And when he's good, he's rarely happy. But when he's happy, he's always good.

    • Crazy credits
      In the closing credits, one of the pieces of music played is listed as Haydn's "Sting Quartet" Op 76 No 4.
    • Alternate versions
      During post-production, the film was tailored for a '15' certificate in the UK. According to the BBFC, the filmmaker cuts were as follows:
      • A scene in which a tea party is inter-cut with shots showing Dorian's sadomasochistic excesses was toned down to remove or reduce the more explicit moments (explicit sight of a fingernail being pulled off, explicit sight of a chest being cut with a razor in a sexual context, explicit sight of blood being sucked from a woman's breasts and sight of a restrained man being beaten).
      • Additionally, a murder scene was toned down to remove the sense of dwelling on the infliction of pain and injury (reduction in the number of stabbings, removal of a blood spurt from man's neck, reduction in sight of victim choking on his blood).
      The subsequent version was then formally passed '15' by the BBFC without cuts, and released on DVD and Blu-ray.
    • Connections
      Referenced in The Punisher: Kandahar (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      A Perfect Picture
      Written by Flipper Dalton

      Performed by Flipper Dalton

    User reviews176

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    5/10
    Enjoy it for what it is: A picture show and nothing more.
    The Picture of Dorian Gray, as penned by the Irish wit Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), is a tale of high-brow debauchery and limitless pleasures of body and soul and the corruption, by one Lord Henry Wotton, of the young, handsome and soon to be narcissistic 19th century rock 'n roll hell-raiser Dorian Gray.

    Ealing Studios have translated Wilde's controversial novel into a celluloid den of iniquity that somehow comes across as rather shallow. Like the characters seen here too; it seems that as a work of symbolic gesture of how the upper classes conduct their sordid lifestyle of hypocrisy, deceit and lust it lacks any deep and thoughtful intrigue that any good 19th century Gothic horror story should be.

    To fully understand the ethics of a Victorian London that Oscar Wilde has so wonderfully reflected with his novel here, we see, too, with this latest interpretation using, as Wilde may have done, the picture purely as a metaphorical means. Yes, we see the selling of souls here and the lamb to the slaughter and the hedonistic teachings of Lord Wotton, but toward the end, the whole sordid affair becomes predictable.

    Penned with an undercurrent of realism and too fantasy of the love of sin. It's a dark, dirty, dingy setting of a self-indulgent Victorian London that we are lead to believe is prim and proper on the surface but lurking just below this weak, temperate society lies pure greed, greed for experience, experience that will transcend the mind, body and soul to the wondrous dealings of what life has to offer. For, as always, a price, a price both Oscar Wilde and Dorian Gray would pay the highest sacrifice.

    It is with a taint of sorrow that this latest performance too has paid a price too high, sensationalism over content, ironies aside, the film seems too concerned to show the sordid details of this lifestyle and its inhabitants'. It lingers on too far in the bedrooms of London and strays too far from the mental anguish that may have been. We see the trouble mind of our young (looking) man but we see not enough of his fears, regrets, sorrows and repentance, which are cast aside and squandered. Welcome to the 21st century Mr. Wilde.

    By the time the chimes of time are echoing in the distance we have Dorian fading into the far reaches of the eternal abyss of the afterlife. With all the time in the world we are still wanting more to feed our palates, it's all to aesthetically pleasing, but at the same time oh so unrewarding, a taster we are given but the full flavour we are, regrettably, spared.

    This too may have its target audience and in so having picked its target out it may have trouble standing the test of time, due to its lack of wit, lack of diversity and a lack of daring and commitment of its original source. It is a sad loss that such a literary work of historical meaning and wealth should have been robbed of its qualities.
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    FAQ8

    • Is 'Dorian Gray' based on a book?
    • What was the burning effigy Dorian sees as he wanders London after returning 25 years later?
    • How does the movie end?

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    • Release date
      • September 9, 2009 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Castello Lopes Mulimédia (Portugal)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Доріан Ґрей
    • Filming locations
      • Basildon Park, Lower Basildon, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Ealing Studios
      • Alliance Films
      • Fragile Films
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $22,873,653
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 52 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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