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      An Englishman in New York

      2009 1 hr. 15 min. Drama Biography LGBTQ+ List
      70% 10 Reviews Tomatometer 71% 250+ Ratings Audience Score Following the success of a movie based on his memoir, openly gay Quentin Crisp (John Hurt) leaves England for New York, stars in a one-man show and lands a gig as film critic for the Village Voice. Read More Read Less

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      Alec B Less focused than "The Naked Civil Servant" but Hurt is still perfect and it is good to see them addressing Crisp's late in life controversies honestly. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/24 Full Review Audience Member John Hurt continues to impress as Quentin Crisp Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member good bio-pic of Quentin Crisp Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member John Hurt gives a great performance as Quentin Crisp. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Hurt's bravura performance not matched by support. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Persistence is your greatest weapon. It is in the nature of barriers that they fall. Do not seek to become like your opponents. You have the burden and the great joy of being outsiders. Every day you live as a kind of triumph. This you should cling onto. You should make no effort to try and join society. Stay right where you are. Give your name and serial number and wait for society to form itself around you. Because it will most certainly will. Neither look forward where there is doubt nor backward where this is regret. Look inward and ask not if there is anything outside that you want but whether there is anything inside that you have not yet unpacked. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Adam Keleman Slant Magazine This fresh look at the gay culture and its desired goals establishes profound insight into what it means to be a true-to-spirit man these days, no matter if he happens to wear a little lipstick and maybe a scarf or two. Rated: 3/4 May 3, 2009 Full Review Derek Elley Variety Hurt's perf gives some dramatic continuity to a production that is more a succession of setpieces than a through-drama per se -- at least until its affecting later stages. Mar 6, 2009 Full Review Ray Bennett Hollywood Reporter It deserves to be seen for another of Hurt's exquisitely observed performances. Feb 13, 2009 Full Review Jasper Rees The Arts Desk Perhaps it was only a matter of time before Hurt returned to a role which, more than any other, crystallised his instinctive understanding for society's outsiders. Sep 7, 2020 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Hurt's performance as the flamboyant and lively Crisp is practically flawless. Rated: 2.5/4.0 Sep 7, 2020 Full Review Phil Hogan Observer (UK) As a raconteur he had his moments but you could only listen to so many cod Confucian aphorisms about life, love and death ("Beauty is in the eye of the possessor"; "Every day you live is a kind of triumph" etc) without wanting to punch someone yourself. Jun 22, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Following the success of a movie based on his memoir, openly gay Quentin Crisp (John Hurt) leaves England for New York, stars in a one-man show and lands a gig as film critic for the Village Voice.
      Director
      Richard Laxton
      Executive Producer
      Susie Field, James Burstall, Joey Attawia, Linda Moran, Sally Glaynes
      Screenwriter
      Brian Fillis
      Production Co
      Leopard Drama
      Genre
      Drama, Biography, LGBTQ+
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Feb 2, 2017
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