An average movie

At first, I thought it would be great to have a new modern adaptation of this novel since it is one of my favorite books. However, pretty quickly, my excitement diminished for this movie. Indeed, when I heard that Ben Barnes was playing the title character, I became disillusioned about the whole thing. Even though Barnes has indeed a pretty face, I doubted he could portray the devilish Dorian Gray and I'm afraid I was right. At least, I have to admit it, he did try but that was hardly enough and it felt like watching a little lamb trying to pretend that he is actually a wolf. On top of that, even though the whole thing looked pretty good and convincing, they didn't get the tone right. The only actor who really stood out was Colin Forth who managed to do a lot with very little since his character was not very well developed either. Eventually, it wasn't really awful but I was actually rather bored during the whole thing which was quite something since I actually loved the story it was based on. To conclude, it wasn't a complete failure but it is still a weak adaptation and I don't think it is really worth a look.

5/10