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The Libertine
Directed by
Laurence Dunmore
R
2004
1h 54m
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6.2
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The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.
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Cast of The Libertine
Johnny Depp
Rochester
Samantha Morton
Elizabeth Barry
John Malkovich
Charles II / Producer
Rosamund Pike
Elizabeth Malet
Paul Ritter
Chiffinch
Stanley Townsend
Keown
Francesca Annis
Countess
Tom Hollander
Etherege
Johnny Vegas
Sackville
Richard Coyle
Alcock
Tom Burke
Vaughan
Hugh Sachs
Ratcliffe
Rupert Friend
Downs
Kelly Reilly
Jane
Cara Horgan
Acting Troop
Jack Davenport
Harris
Trudi Jackson
Rose
Clare Higgins
Molly Luscombe
Jake Curran
Sackville's Servant
Kevin Doyle
Constable
Paul Chahidi
Barrillon
T. P. McKenna
Black Rod
Robert Wilfort
Huysmans
Olivia Higginbottom
Acting Troop
Laurence Dunmore
Director
Stephen Jeffreys
Writer
Russell Smith
Producer
Lianne Halfon
Producer
The Libertine Ratings & Reviews
Dr. Aeger
June 22, 2025
The theatre is my drug, and my illness is so far advanced that my physic must be of the highest quality.
AV Club
Keith Phipps
[Director] Dunmore creates a memorably grimy London, but the moral grime covering the film proves less memorable.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Has some choice words to say about following one's heart in matters of art.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
As the character grows sicker and quieter, the drama's energy fades.
San Francisco Chronicle
Neva Chonin
The point seems to be that too much of a good thing leads to a vast sense of nothingness and bleak cinematography. Alas, it also results in transforming a film about a sensualist into a remarkably sexless enterprise.
Miami Herald
Peter Debruge
From time to time, a gem-like line shines from the squalor, but in general, it's merely the film's suffocating cynicism that registers.
Houston Chronicle
Bruce Westbrook
Depp's depraved character does have twisted poignancy.
Detroit News
Tom Long
Dunmore slogs through the story with an overripe sense of gravity that, when mixed with the film's carefully botched look, makes for one murky moviegoing experience.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
Without context and reason to care, I never understood why I was lurking about here the first place.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
Rochester may have been a cultural visionary, but the movie reduces this notion to a parable of bad-boy celebrity hitched to an uninteresting love story.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
It's a bit too muddy, dismal-looking and smoky to beguile us, too fixated on filth and too dreary-looking to really shock us.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Stinkers this rapturously self-assured don't come along often, and when they do, they deserve to be honored with the proper giggling disbelief.
Arizona Republic
Bill Muller
Depp portrays Wilmot, who was also remembered for scandalous poetry and theatrical satire, as a careless and generally unpleasant fellow, who is neither funny nor profound. And we're supposed to spend two hours with this guy. Ugh.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
It is Depp, as the debauched and decaying Restoration rake, who holds the camera. It's a strong, sturdy performance, but one that asks more of the audience than it might be possible to give.
Dallas Morning News
Philip Wuntch
One of the few films to maintain an air of stuffiness even while sharing intimate details of debauchery.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
We are supposed to thrill to the devil-may-care attitude of this Byronic rebel-gent, yet we never find out what he's about or what he stands for. He's a self-impressed question mark.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
You will not like the Second Earl of Rochester. But you will not be able to take your eyes from him. Having made his bed, he does not hesitate to sleep in it.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Jeff Strickler
Depp opens the movie by looking into the camera and announcing, You will not like me now, and you will like me even less as we go on. That turns out to be true.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Cater
The scenes between Depp and Morton throw off sparks, but the movie as a whole needs focus, oomph.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
This has got be one of the least erotic and grungiest films about hedonism ever made.
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