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Reviews for Prick Up Your Ears

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6.6 / 10 1h 51min

When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes more comfortable with his sexuality and starts to find success with his writing, Halliwell becomes increasingly alienated and jealous, ultimately tapping into a dangerous rage.

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Review by user894zp81toh6

An intimate, carefully crafted biopic with uniformly superb performances.

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Review by user71mx2vdfgs

If they could have been traditionally married, they could have been traditionally divorced

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Review by MysticMermaid

Painful Proclivities Probed- "DO YOU READ MY DIARIES?"

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Review by user9902b5m3zct

Tragic, yet surprisingly humorous at times

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Review by user4478dwpit0j

Thoughtful and compelling drama

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Review by user809d8z3eafs

"I hope nobody gets to hear about this in Leicester'

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Review by user935ci3uf25b

Awful structure, tremendous performances.

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Review by user20by3z1qvm

Orton in Bennettland; or, Character Actors' Heaven

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Review by user8713ckayjsi

"What do you expect? Many of them are Australians"

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Review by user250ke19xz3z

gay playwright joe orton's diary is discovered years after his murder by boyfriend.

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Review by user47547zabyph

Black comedy, excellent casting in biopic