The Libertine
by Laurence Dunmore
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Actor: John Malkovich, Johnny Depp, Paul Ritter, Samantha Morton, Stanley TownsendDirector: Laurence Dunmore
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
Producer: John Malkovich
Producer: Chase Bailey
Producer: Colin Leventhal
Producer: Daniel J.B. Taylor
Producer: Donald A. Starr
Producer: Jessica Parker
Writer: Stephen Jeffreys
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 114 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-07-04
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Weinstein Company
Movie Reviews of The Libertine
Movie Review: DEPTH WITHOUT MEANING
Summary: 4 Stars
THE LIBERTINE presents a sumptuous, and at the same time filthy England, wallowing in the decadence of the Restoration, and no one seems to be happier wading through this moral decay than John Wilmot, the 2nd Earl of Rochester. Johnny Depp is astonishing in this role, despite the sliminess of the character he portrays. Samantha Morton as his protege, and love interest is also excellent, and John Malkovitch as Charles II turns in a ( for him ) restrained, well-tuned performance. There is plenty of style, but little substance in this movie.
Summary of The Libertine
Oscar? nominee* Johnny Depp delivers "a tour de force performance" (Baz Bamigboye, The Daily Mail) in the "seductively entertaining" (Jan Stuart, Newsday) The Libertine. As the celebrated writer and bad boy John Wilmot, second Earl of Rochester, Depp brings to life a decadent 17th century London. There, Wilmot falls passionately in love with his aspiring actress muse (Oscar? nominee Samantha Morton**), but is cast from the heights of privileged society when he scandalizes King Charles II (Oscar? nominee John Malkovich***) with a shockingly audacious play. At the depths of ruin, the rebel seeks redemption on his own terms. "Johnny Depp is brilliant," raves Cosmopolitan, while Peter Travers of Rolling Stone calls The Libertine a "one-of-a-kind spellbinder."The beautifully sculpted face of Johnny Depp fits right in with this masterpiece of design. The Libertine--filmed in a grainy, color-muted chiaroscuro--captures the lush costumes, extravagant decor, and remarkable filth of Restoration England. John Wilmot, the Earl of Rochester (Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean, Ed Wood), warns the audience at the very beginning of the film that they will not like him. From there, he treats his wife cruelly, drinks to relentless excess, abuses his friendships, and generally wallows in dissipation, much to the dismay of King Charles II (John Malkovich, Dangerous Liaisons), who hopes that Rochester will write a play glorifying his reign. But Rochester finds his true inspiration (and the movie comes to life) when he sees a young actress named Lizzie Barry (Samantha Morton, Minority Report, Morvern Callar). Rochester sets out to make her the greatest actress of their time--and she, with some reluctance, submits to his teaching. The weakness of The Libertine is not that Rochester is unlikable; it's that he doesn't want to do anything. Barry galvanizes the movie because she burns with ambition, but Rochester's only apparent aim in life is an agonizingly slow self-destruction. Still, The Libertine has lurid Saturnalian visions, Morton is superb, Malkovich gives a typically insidious turn, and Depp, as always, finds moments of sad poetry in the bitterest of speeches. --Bret Fetzer
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