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6/10
Slow, but has a great ending
zsbarbi15 December 2023
Warning: Spoilers
I wouldn't at all categorise this as horror, so not sure why Amazon prime decided on that!

It's a love story. Not just a simple love story, but a story about keeping love in your heart "till the end of time".

First, I was not interested and seemed a bit slow-paced and boring even, but somehow the end made up for it all and I kind of was happy about starting slow.

The last minutes, when the narrator talks about love, I immediately teared up. Because I had someone too, to think about, who I really loved. And I still do. And it is painful. I was crying and listening and I could feel every word trembling in my heart, because that is exactly how I felt and I wished I could just go and share this with them.

I won't say this is a movie for everyone. Maybe for the ones with a broken heart. Maybe it will give them the hope they mention and let their heart rest, after feeling so lonely for so long, and being so broken.

I gave a 6, because I think some things could've been better, such as explaining more background on the aunt. She apparently was a great actor but hasn't left the house for 70 years - which is very odd. Did she have a photograph too? Maybe I missed this. I feel like there were some scenes where more explanation could've been given on the background.

The effect when Dorian dies was also a bit off. Could've used better effects in 2023!

Overall, I would recommend it.
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2/10
If you like child lover films it's cool
richleamington26 December 2023
It's very well written and it's lovely to watch but at the end of the day it's about a 15 year old being seduced by an older person to get what they want.

In a world where kiddy loving is (rightly) being called out, this is exactly the kind of thing we don't need.

Unless of course you see kiddy loving the way that Wilde saw homosexuality back in the day. Back in the day his book was censored for containing gay content.

So if you like this then you think being a child lover will be seen as the same in a hundred or so years time as being gay back then.

Like it's source content it is controversial. Just can't see how anyone can say this is bad when back in the day the original wasn't.

Hard to watch but perhaps a tale to say we aren't any "better" or "worse" than those who came before us.....
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