Rotten
The Dying Gaul isn't dead on arrival. But its death throes are only as interesting as the actors, characters and dialogue can make them.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
The Dying Gaul
Woe to him who seeks to please rather than appall
2005 · 1h 35m · R
Drama
Directed by
Craig Lucas
Overview
A grief-stricken screenwriter unknowingly enters a three-way relationship with a woman and her film executive husband - to chilling results.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
49%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The film plays for keeps: It hurts and it doesn't back away from messy questions about art, commerce and conscience.
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News
Rotten
The movie always feels as if it's on the verge of a major discovery. It ends without convincing us that any such discovery has been made.
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
Rotten
The Dying Gaul begins with a Herman Melville quote: 'Woe to him who seeks to please rather than appall.' Let them serve not as words of wisdom, but of warning.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Fresh
[E]xcept for some problems in the middle act, the movie is easy to swallow.
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune
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