Movies   DVD   My Movies 
Search Yahoo! Movies:  
Movies Home    In Theaters    Showtimes & Tickets    Coming Soon    Top Rated    Trailers & Clips    News    Box Office
spacer

The Libertine (2005)

Movie Main Page
Movie Overview
  Movie Details
  Showtimes & Tickets
  DVD/Video Info
  Trailers & Clips
  Cast and Credits
  Awards & Nominations
Reviews and Previews
  Critics Reviews
  User Reviews
Photos
  Premiere Photos
  Movie Stills
Community
  Message Board
Shopping
  Buy the DVD/Video
Other Resources
  Web Sites

 
The Libertine (2005) Poster
 Watch the Trailer
Blockbuster: Buy or Rent Online
The Critics:
C
10 reviews
Start Rating
Movies Now!
Sign In
or sign up
Yahoo! Users:
B-
3752 ratings
'The Libertine' follows the adventures of John Wilmot, the second Earl of Rochester, in London of the 17th century. He has a passionate romance with a young actress, Elizabeth Barry, and he writes a scurrilous play which lampoons the monarch who commissioned it, Charles II, leading to the Earl's banishment and eventual downfall.
Genres: Art/Foreign, Comedy, Drama, Adaptation and Biopic
Running Time: 2 hrs. 10 min.
Release Date: November 25th, 2005 (LA/NY); March 10th, 2006 (wide)
MPAA Rating: R for strong sexuality including dialogue, violence and language.
Distributors:
The Weinstein Company
U.S. Box Office: $4,829,497
Cast and Credits
Starring: John Malkovich, Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton, Rosamund Pike, Tom Hollander
Directed by: Laurence Dunmore
Produced by: Chase Bailey, Ralph Kamp, Louise Goodsill
See Full Cast and Credits
Critical Consensus
Critics Reviews Average Grade:   C   
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
"Debauchery rarely has been this tedious." more...
D+
Boston Globe, Ty Burr
"...a glorious disaster." more...
C-
Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert
"I admire Depp's performance..." more...
B
Chicago Tribune, Michael Wilmington
"...an intermittently fascinating, sometimes deeply unpleasant movie." more...
B-
More Critics Reviews...

Sponsored Links(What's This?)
 
 


Yahoo! Movies: In Theaters - Times & Tickets - Trailers - DVD - News & Gossip - Box Office - Browse Movies - more...
Yahoo! Entertainment: Movies - Music - TV - Games - Astrology - more...

Portions of this page Copyright © 2009 Baseline. All rights reserved.