Occasionally a role comes along that is so suitable for the actor playing it that the result is like witnessing nuclear fusion ... Fry reaches his professional apotheosis (a favourite word) in this sparkling and moving biography ... All things being equal, Fry should be joining Peter Fonda at next year's Oscar ceremony. In spite of the actor's towering achievement, it must not detract from the accomplishment of such an outstanding film. Wilde artfully circumnavigates the pitfalls of screen biography and jettisons the clichés of the genre. Stylish, daring and articulate (and extremely funny), Wilde captures the essence of an extraordinary man and exposes the dichotomy of a society that simultaneously revered and undermined his genius.
James Cameron-Wilson  - Film Review

Brilliant, moving and unmissable.
Corraine Barraclough & Kate Burt  - 19 Magazine

This is an extraordinary, stylish and polished biopic. Jude Law is staggeringly superior as the cocky, self-centred young lover and Sheen, as Ross, marvellously understated as Wilde's first lover and loyal confidante. Ultimately, it's Fry's towering authentic and moving portrayal that makes Wilde an outstanding triumph and must-see film.
Mike Morgan  - Bristol Observer

Stephen Fry puts body and soul into the part, playing the flamboyant genius, his childhood hero, to perfection - a triumphant return to the big screen.
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Stephen Fry makes his triumphant acting comeback as Oscar Wilde - the role he was born to play - and Tom Wilkinson gives an outstanding funny and scary performance as his tormentor, Queensberry. But the person who arguably steals the film is Jude Law, who gives a magnetically beautiful performance as Lord Alfred Douglas.
Peter Bradshaw  - Evening Standard (Hot Tickets)