The Picture of Dorian Gray
1973·Horror·1h 51m
7.0
★
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
Directed by Glenn Jordan
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Cast
Shane Briant
Dorian Gray
Nigel Davenport
Sir Harry Wotton
Fionnula Flanagan
Felicia
Vanessa Howard
Sybil Vane
Charles Aidman
Basil Hallward
John Karlen
Alan Campbell
Brendan Dillon
Victor
Linda Kelsey
Beatrice Hallward
Kim Richards
Beatrice (child)
William Beckley
Syme
Hedley Mattingly
Parker
Crew
Glenn Jordan
Director
Dan Curtis
Producer
Michael Westmore
Makeup Artist
Oscar Wilde
Novel
Bob Cobert
Music
Popular Reviews
8 reviews
Ghost
2.0★ · 05/11/25
Where’s the queerness
Where’s the queerness
Jord
5.0★ · 10/16/24
Gekeken ooit voor Nederlands.
Ging wel
Ging wel
Gekeken ooit voor Nederlands.
Ging wel
Ging wel
Goob
1.0★ · 08/13/24
Writing this review before even finishing it. The worst thing a film can be is boring.
Writing this review before even finishing it. The worst thing a film can be is boring.
jessi_greene
8.0★ · 07/22/24
roger taylor should’ve played dorian.
In all seriousness, I don’t think this movie is all that bad. Sure, the quality is horrible and the coloring even worse, every character looks grey or green with almost blue lips. And the costumes are accurate, except for Vanessa Howard as Sibyl Vane, who looks like she never left 1973 at all. Shane Briant gives a very good performance as Dorian in my opinion. He definitely has the sass Oscar Wilde wrote Dorian to have, and the elegance he seems to walk and lounge with. Everyone else’s portrayals in this movie are mediocre, I’ve seen better Harry’s and Basil Hallward is American? That speaks for itself.
The film makes a few plot changes, one of which I like and the other which I don’t. The one I like is that instead of Dorian being done with Sybil because she embarrassed him by acting badly in front of Harry and Basil, he simply sleeps with her and grows bored after that, which leads him to ignore her and leads Sybil to drown herself. Something about him having no good reason at all for ignoring her makes it seem so much more inhuman and Dorian like.
The plot change which I hate isn’t so much a problem with this movie in particular, but with most Dorian Gray adaptations. Whether it’s Beatrice Hallward as the niece of Basil or Victoria Wotton as Harry’s daughter, Dorian does not need a love interest besides Sybil. He does not need to get married in the end and try to change himself for some woman twenty years younger than him. How do I know that? Because Oscar Wilde didn’t write it into the book.
In conclusion, Shane Briant looks like Roger Taylor, and Roger Taylor should’ve and could’ve played him.
In all seriousness, I don’t think this movie is all that bad. Sure, the quality is horrible and the coloring even worse, every character looks grey or green with almost blue lips. And the costumes are accurate, except for Vanessa Howard as Sibyl Vane, who looks like she never left 1973 at all. Shane Briant gives a very good performance as Dorian in my opinion. He definitely has the sass Oscar Wilde wrote Dorian to have, and the elegance he seems to walk and lounge with. Everyone else’s portrayals in this movie are mediocre, I’ve seen better Harry’s and Basil Hallward is American? That speaks for itself.
The film makes a few plot changes, one of which I like and the other which I don’t. The one I like is that instead of Dorian being done with Sybil because she embarrassed him by acting badly in front of Harry and Basil, he simply sleeps with her and grows bored after that, which leads him to ignore her and leads Sybil to drown herself. Something about him having no good reason at all for ignoring her makes it seem so much more inhuman and Dorian like.
The plot change which I hate isn’t so much a problem with this movie in particular, but with most Dorian Gray adaptations. Whether it’s Beatrice Hallward as the niece of Basil or Victoria Wotton as Harry’s daughter, Dorian does not need a love interest besides Sybil. He does not need to get married in the end and try to change himself for some woman twenty years younger than him. How do I know that? Because Oscar Wilde didn’t write it into the book.
In conclusion, Shane Briant looks like Roger Taylor, and Roger Taylor should’ve and could’ve played him.
roger taylor should’ve played dorian.
In all seriousness, I don’t think this movie is all that bad. Sure, the quality is horrible and the coloring even worse, every character looks grey or green with almost blue lips. And the costumes are accurate, except for Vanessa Howard as Sibyl Vane, who looks like she never left 1973 at all. Shane Briant gives a very good performance as Dorian in my opinion. He definitely has the sass Oscar Wilde wrote Dorian to have, and the elegance he seems to walk and lounge with. Everyone else’s portrayals in this movie are mediocre, I’ve seen better Harry’s and Basil Hallward is American? That speaks for itself.
The film makes a few plot changes, one of which I like and the other which I don’t. The one I like is that instead of Dorian being done with Sybil because she embarrassed him by acting badly in front of Harry and Basil, he simply sleeps with her and grows bored after that, which leads him to ignore her and leads Sybil to drown herself. Something about him having no good reason at all for ignoring her makes it seem so much more inhuman and Dorian like.
The plot change which I hate isn’t so much a problem with this movie in particular, but with most Dorian Gray adaptations. Whether it’s Beatrice Hallward as the niece of Basil or Victoria Wotton as Harry’s daughter, Dorian does not need a love interest besides Sybil. He does not need to get married in the end and try to change himself for some woman twenty years younger than him. How do I know that? Because Oscar Wilde didn’t write it into the book.
In conclusion, Shane Briant looks like Roger Taylor, and Roger Taylor should’ve and could’ve played him.
In all seriousness, I don’t think this movie is all that bad. Sure, the quality is horrible and the coloring even worse, every character looks grey or green with almost blue lips. And the costumes are accurate, except for Vanessa Howard as Sibyl Vane, who looks like she never left 1973 at all. Shane Briant gives a very good performance as Dorian in my opinion. He definitely has the sass Oscar Wilde wrote Dorian to have, and the elegance he seems to walk and lounge with. Everyone else’s portrayals in this movie are mediocre, I’ve seen better Harry’s and Basil Hallward is American? That speaks for itself.
The film makes a few plot changes, one of which I like and the other which I don’t. The one I like is that instead of Dorian being done with Sybil because she embarrassed him by acting badly in front of Harry and Basil, he simply sleeps with her and grows bored after that, which leads him to ignore her and leads Sybil to drown herself. Something about him having no good reason at all for ignoring her makes it seem so much more inhuman and Dorian like.
The plot change which I hate isn’t so much a problem with this movie in particular, but with most Dorian Gray adaptations. Whether it’s Beatrice Hallward as the niece of Basil or Victoria Wotton as Harry’s daughter, Dorian does not need a love interest besides Sybil. He does not need to get married in the end and try to change himself for some woman twenty years younger than him. How do I know that? Because Oscar Wilde didn’t write it into the book.
In conclusion, Shane Briant looks like Roger Taylor, and Roger Taylor should’ve and could’ve played him.
Andy The PizzaBagel
5.0★ · 06/15/26