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The Libertine Review

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2.0

Dave White Profile

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  • 3.0
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  • 0

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

    The Libertine is such a torturous mess that it winds up doing something I hadn't thought possible: It renders Johnny Depp charmless.

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  • 30

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

    A trying experience. As we watch Rochester fall apart in spectacular fashion, it's clear that a major lure for the venturesome Depp was the chance to play a grotesque, to become a pestilent physical wreck with an artificial silver nose. There's more in that role for the actor, however, than there is for us.

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  • 38

    out of 100

    USA Today Claudia Puig

    If your idea of a good time is watching a disjointed period piece featuring a scrawny dog defecating, dozens of dissipated people fornicating and a syphilitic Johnny Depp with oozing pustules on his face, The Libertine may be just the movie for you.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    The New York Times Manohla Dargis

    The rhythms of the dialogue move to the same beat as steadily as a metronome ticks and tocks, while every sentence is polished like stone, absent the jaggedness of real breath and life. You can hear the play in this thing without even knowing it was based on a theatrical production.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Variety

    Starting out seductive but ending up tiresome, debuting director Laurence Dunmore's pic is an honorable misfire.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter Sheri Linden

    Johnny Depp makes a riveting antihero in a dark and bawdy period drama.

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  • 75

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    Depp accepts the character and all of its baggage, and works without a net.

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