The directorial debut of Glenn Gordon Caron, the creator of the television series Moonlighting (1985 - 89), this intense, gritty drama was received as one of the best - ever cinematic treatments of substance abuse. (rottentomatoes.com)
Undoubtedly there are literary purists who will belittle the new cinematic treatment (last filmed a half - century ago and finally due for home video release shortly) given Oscar Wilde's 1895 hit comedy play, but the wit of the well - known double - Jekyll - and - Hyde original is joyously embraced in Oliver Parker's refreshing update, a fitting follow - up to his An Ideal Husband. (nitrateonline.com)
The Chekhov play, about a bourgeois Russian family after the turn of the 20th century, gets a distinctly cinematic treatment, designed to support big, splashy... (chicagoreader.com)