Dorian Gray

– A vain London playboy offers his soul in exchange for eternal beauty in this adaptation of the chill..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.30 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 52 Minutes
Release Year:
2009
Dorian Gray (2009)

A vain London playboy offers his soul in exchange for eternal beauty in this adaptation of the chilling tale by author Oscar Wilde. Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth), handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray (Ben Barnes) becomes obsessed with maintaining his youthful appearance, and commissions a special portrait that will weather the winds of time while he remains forever young. When Gray's obsession spirals out of control, his desperate attempts to safeguard his secret turn his once-privileged life into a living hell.

Producing Country:
UK
Filming Locations:

Dorian Gray (2009) - Trailer

Release Date:

09 Sep 2009

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Oliver Parker

Writer:

Toby Finlay, Oscar Wilde (novel)

Main Actors:

Ben Barnes, John Hollingworth, Cato Sandford, Pip Torrens

Plot:

A naïve young man. A lovelorn artist. A corruptible Lord. A deal with the Devil. It all paints a dark picture of a Victorian London and how the rich and infamous party at their peril. Here, the telling of time and its consequence of experience for life's treasures' takes its toll on the body, mind and soul. The haunting and bleak tale of power, greed, vanity and inevitable self-destruction is ever present amongst the deceit, opium dens and sin.

Awards:

1 nomination.

Production:

Alliance Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
45%