Prick Up Your Ears 1987 Watch Free in HD

The film is based on a book by theater critic John Lahr. It goes inside the extraordinary life of a talented playwright Joe Orton who is murdered by his girlfriend at the height of reputation.

Genre:

Romance, Drama, Biography

Actors:

Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Wallace Shawn, Lindsay Duncan, Julie Walters, James Grant, Frances Barber, Janet Dale, Dave Atkins, Margaret Tyzack, ...»

Director:

Stephen Frears

Country:

United Kingdom

Release:

1987

IMDb:

7.1

Quality:

Duration:

105 min

New York Times

The film covers the main events of the Orton life in a manner that is nothing less than distracted. One has little understanding of the fatal intensity - and need - that kept Orton and Halliwell together.

May 20, 2003

Empire Magazine

A decent snapshot of pre-Beatle Britain, this is much more a fact-based gay melodrama than a trenchant portrait of Joe Orton's life, loves and art.

April 06, 2007

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Film4

A brilliant and painfully raw portrait of a troubled, a tragic relationship.

August 20, 2012

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Time Out

Oldman is brilliant; Molina's Halliwell less subtle; and the film's dissection of cottaging quaintly amusing.

June 24, 2006

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Guardian

Stands up extraordinarily well: mostly because of two outstanding central performances, Gary Oldman as the talented, blase Orton, and Alfred Molina as his thwarted, Hancock-esque murderer Kenneth Halliwell.

April 07, 2007

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Chicago Sun-Times

The great performances in the movie are, of course, at its center. Gary Oldman plays Orton and Alfred Molina plays Halliwell, and these are two of the best performances of the year.

January 01, 2000

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PopMatters

Molina stares down all clichés, veering away from effeminate tones when they would be most convenient and avoids trapping Ken into a brooding madman.

November 16, 2009

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Washington Post

Like "Casablanca," "Diva," "Clockwork Orange" and countless other quality-cult films, "Prick Up Your Ears" has an indefinable idiosyncrasy that makes you want to come back for more.

January 01, 2000

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Washington Post

The filmmakers have shown great intellectual taste. But it's not the kind of taste that's illuminating.

January 01, 2000

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BBC.com

It is repetitive at times, occasionally lagging, but the performances by Oldman and especially Molina simply demand your attention.

April 03, 2007

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TV Guide

Oldman, fresh from his triumph as Sex Pistol Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy, is the key and holds it all together.

August 20, 2012

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Variety

Gary Oldman is excellent as Orton, right down to remarkable resemblance, while Alfred Molina creates both an amusing and tormented Halliwell. Vanessa Redgrave takes top honors, though, as a compassionate and benign agent.

March 26, 2009

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