The Happy Prince
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Synopsis
Rupert Everett wrote, directed and stars as Oscar Wilde in this intimate glimpse at the sad end of an infamous life. From his deathbed Wilde reflects on his past, from his days as the toast of London to his life as a penniless vagabond and every step in between: the artist, the outcast, the convict, the free man, the husband seeking reconciliation with his wife and the illicit lover who can’t help but fall back into his affair with a younger man. But no matter what his circumstances, Wilde’s incomparable wit never faltered as he chased love to the very end. Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Colin Morgan, Edwin Thomas and Tom Wilkinson also star.
Cast
- Emily Watson
- Colin Firth
- Colin Morgan
- Rupert Everett
- Anna Chancellor
- Tom Wilkinson
- Béatrice Dalle
- Ronald Pickup
- Julian Wadham
- Joshua McGuire
Atom User Reviews
I was hoping this movie would come through for me, and it did. A very solid production.
Metacritic
Florid but warmhearted — much like the man at its center — The Happy Prince is a haunting portrait of the aftermath of betrayal; of how the master of comedy became a tragedy.
The cast is solid; Everett’s acting in particular is deep, indelible and award-worthy. We smell Oscar, one might say.
A sense of injustice runs like a toxic river through Everett’s film, an affront to homophobia through the ages, even our enlightened one. In the end, The Happy Prince makes its strongest mark as a heartfelt salute to Wilde from an actor and filmmaker who was born to play him.