Its also an admirable passion project of its writer, director, and star, Everett.
The sparkling, Wildean wit is still there, but it contains sadness and unspeakable sorrow.
He gets by largely on the kindness of strangers in the face of the eras hypocrisies.
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Theyre all trying to squeeze the last drops out of a lemon thats lost its citrus sting.
Still, Everetts utterly fantastic performance as Wilde slightly exceeds his grasp as a first-time filmmaker.
He leans too hard on sentimentality and has come up with a structure that skips around too much.
