The Libertine - 12/15/06

Saw "the Libertine" www.thelibertine-movie.com this evening at the Maui Film Festival - Johnny Depp's performance reminded me in places of Freddy Mercury. I really liked the move, including Samantha Morton's performance, but I kept thinking, I hate this cinematographer, and thus I probably hate the director. Great performances, but not for the faint of heart - John Wilmot appears to have died of late stage STD(s) - it's very graphic.

Johnny Depp, John Malkovich and Samantha Morton star in this period costume drama about the second Earl of Rochester, John Wilmot, a notorious figure in 17th century Europe, well-respected as a poet and author, who also earned no small degree of gossip for his freewheeling sex life and appetite for decadence. Rated R. 114 min. (The Weinstein Company)