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Nov 3, 2005 · No doubt other rewriting will take out AIDS and substitute cancer. "It's going to be a beautiful movie," Jeffrey promises him. At this point in "The Dying Gaul" I could see no way the movie could step wrong, but it does. The movie is based on Craig Lucas' play, and represents his directorial debut.
On review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, The Dying Gaul has an approval rating of 50% based on 70 reviews. The site's critics consensus reads, "Though it has a fine cast, The Dying Gaul ' s plot feels calculated and too intellectualized."
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Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 17, 2006. Kurt Loder MTV. The Dying Gaul has the tight, nailed-down structure of a good play. But it's the actors who really lift the movie above...
The Dying Gaul R 2005 1h 41m Drama LGBTQ+ List 51% Tomatometer 69 Reviews 52% Audience Score 2,500+ Ratings A gay writer (Peter Sarsgaard) befriends a Hollywood hotshot (Campbell Scott) and...
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"The Dying Gaul" is a boring movie with an unrealistic story. The idea of Elaine pretending to be the spirit of the dead gay and luring Robert in a gay chat room is ridiculous. The use of the deadly flower to poison Elaine would be easily found by the autopsy despite his explanation about the impossibility of finding the traceability of the poison.
Nov 4, 2005 · Before it disappears into a fog of confusion and damaging contradictions within its characters, The Dying Gaul presents an ironic, provocative look at what its creator, Craig Lucas, calls a postmodern Hollywood noir. Read More. By Kirk Honeycutt FULL REVIEW.
Nov 4, 2005 · Nov. 4, 2005. "You can do anything you want as long as you don't call it what it is," announces Jeffrey (Campbell Scott), a beady-eyed Hollywood studio executive in Craig Lucas's sublimely acted...
