Stephen Fry's characterisation of Oscar Wilde completely overwhelms all the many other talents in this film. We are perfectly capably of believing he truly is Oscar Wilde, and that fact alone distracts us from superb performances by Vanessa Redgrave, Jude Law, Gemma Jones, Judy Parfitt and Zoe Wanamaker - for instance. Production values/Art direction are excellent and help make this one a truly unmissable movie.
