The Happy Prince

2018

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: October 10, 2018 | R

Starring: Anna Chancellor, Antonio Spagnuolo, Béatrice Dalle, Colin Firth, Colin Morgan, Edwin Thomas, Emily Watson, Franca Abategiovanni, Jacky Druaux, Joshua McGuire, Julian Wadham, Kit Lloyd, Rupert Everett, Thierry de Coster, Tom Wilkinson

Summary: In a cheap Parisian hotel room Oscar Wilde lies on his death bed and the past floods back, transporting him to other times and places. Was he once the most famous man in London? The artist crucified by a society that once worshiped him? The lover imprisoned and freed, yet still running towards ruin in the final chapter of his life? Under… Expand

Director: Rupert Everett

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, History

Rating: R

Runtime: 105 min

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Tiffany Tchobanian

Oct 5, 2018

Everett looks at home in this role and breathes new life into Wilde. The Happy Prince proves that Rupert Everett was born to tell the tumultuous story of a kindred spirit. Oscar Wilde would be proud. Read full review

David Edelstein

The Happy Prince proves that a film can be both bleak and warm-spirited, as befits its mighty subject. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Oct 9, 2018

It’s a film of decided care and forethought. Read full review

Mark Jenkins

Oct 15, 2018

Fortunately, the maudlin moments are offset by fine performances, flashes of humor and a visual sense that’s more astute than the script. Read full review

Guy Lodge

As a final, permanent showcase for a role Everett was born to play, then, The Happy Prince does the job. For all its passion-project hallmarks, however, it makes a shakier case for him being the filmmaker to bring it to screen. Read full review

The PlaylistGregory Ellwood

It’s well crafted and compelling at times thanks mostly to the casts’ efforts, but there is an emptiness that permeates through the film as if a significant piece of Wilde’s demise is missing. Read full review

Samantha Incorvaia

Oct 10, 2018

The goal here was to show the tragic downfall of a once-praised hero, similar to the actual poem written by Wilde with the same name. But because of the lack of depth in supporting characters and half-baked writing, this movie couldn’t have ended fast enough. Read full review

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justwibi

Oct 25, 2018

Rupert Everett passion and patience is pay very very well. it’s not perfect but there’s a heart in this film.

GinaK

Nov 1, 2018

Rupert Everett directs an absorbing film about the final years of Oscar Wilde, which he also wrote. You can tell that Everett is an actor, since his film is beautifully cast with other wonderful British actors. For example, Emily Watson is excellent as Wilde’s long-suffering wife Constance… Expand

Tricko2103

Aug 13, 2020

I’m surprised at the somewhat lukewarm reviews here. I really like this film, particularly the grimy but beautiful look of it which evokes 19th century Europe so well you can almost smell it. It’s sentimental, sure, but I think it resonates well with the story of Wilde’s last years. He was a… Expand

TVJerry

Nov 5, 2018

Rupert Everett wrote, directed and stars as Oscar Wilde. Most of the story takes place after he’s released from his jail, wandering around Europe desperate and sometimes destitute. There are flashbacks to his days of fame and happiness, but it primarily presents a broken man. This might have… Expand

OlivierPiel

Oct 11, 2018

The professional critics are disappointed by the movie. It is indeed a bit sentimental, a bit too formulaic, which Wilde himself would have panned. If it is not a work of art, it is still a good piece of story-telling: well paced, well photographed and well acted. It is not enthralling but… Expand

Brent_Marchant

Nov 8, 2018

It boggles the mind how a film can take someone as witty and colorful as Oscar Wilde and make the character boring, but that’s precisely what writer/actor/director Rupert Everett has done in this misfire of a biopic. By all rights, the picture is obviously a labor of love for its creator,… Expand

GreatMartin

Oct 26, 2018

I was looking forward to seeing “The Happy Prince” as 1) I am a big fan of Rupert Everett who hasn’t been doing much in films for quite awhile and 2) I admire Oscar Wilde’s writings and witticisms.
I read that Everett has been trying to get this film made for 10 years and even did it on… Expand

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