Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Wordiezett So much average

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Claudio Carvalho The gay screenwriter Robert (Peter Sarsgaard), who is grieving the recent loss of his lover, writes a screenplay based on his biography and tries to sell it to the Hollywood producer Jeffrey (Campbell Scott). He offers one million dollars for his work, provided changes in the story replacing the dying man per a woman to make a commercial film. Jeffrey shows the screenplay to his wife Elaine (Patricia Clarkson), who loves to write and to plant flowers, and she is also delighted with the story. Robert works introducing the required modifications and Jeffrey, who is bisexual, has an affair with him. Meanwhile Elaine finds the gay website where Robert writes and she creates a fake profile to have conversation with him pretending that she is his deceased lover. Soon she learns the affair of her husband and she decides to leave him. But when the gay Robert discovers the truth, he has a breakdown and takes vengeance for Elaine with tragic consequences."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. My vote is four.Title (Brazil): "Triângulo Obsceno" ("Obscene Triangle")

iamcostas i believe it was stupid story when the wife pretend she is the spirit of a dead gay man in a gay chat room. how did she got all the information from? this is not a fantasy movie , it supposed to be a drama. and how did she left all the stolen information on the top of the desk so everybody can see? At the end i didn't like the end. the writer try to kill himself and then changed his mind and poison the wife and accidentally her two kids by poison plant. in the beginning his character was a nice guy who turned to a vicious murderer. a psycho writer? generally it could be a good movie but i think the story is unrealistic.sorry for my English . i hope you understand what i am trying to say

whpratt1 The story in this film was simply different and I am sure reached many tender hearts who could share in the feelings of a triangle love which is beyond words. Jeffrey Tishop, (Campbell Scott) is a very powerful successful movie film executive who is married to Elaine Tishop, (Patricia Clarkson) and they have lovely children. There is a young writer who has written a screen play called "The Dying Gaul" and Jeffrey wants to buy the script so he can change the characters in the story. The young man needs the money so he accepts the one million dollars and becomes good friends with Elaine & Jeffrey. From this point on in the picture all the characters in the story become very much deeply involved with each other, almost in a spiritual way. This is a very warm and well produced picture.

harvey1005 I found this movie to be indulgent, pretentious and full of plot holes. While I appreciate the protagonist's problems, the entire beginning seems to be set up solely so that Jeffrey (Campbell Scott) -- who is supposedly a heterosexual family man and movie producer -- can shock the audience by propositioning aspiring screenwriter, Robert (Peter Sarsgaard) without the knowledge of Jeffrey's wife Elaine (Patricia Clarkson), who also seems entranced by Robert. I have some experience of writing and pitching spec screenplays and this whole incident was unconvincingly contrived. Again, even though the acting was excellent, the movie sagged because of hole in the plot large enough for a Buick to pass through. There is a point when Elaine (after discovering that Robert and her husband are lovers), poses as a man on a gay chat site and lures Robert into revealing things about himself. Then -- as punishment for her husband's transgressions -- she pretends to be the spirit of Robert's ex-lover and reveals secrets to Robert of how he "assisted" in the death of his lover and intimate details of his love-making with her husband. Normally, this would be chilling and an inspired turn of events, but it is spoiled by the fact that there is no set-up for where Elaine gathers the evidence. We never see her break into Robert's therapist's home nor do we see her bug Robert's apartment. Basically it is lazy film-making, which I find offensive.It's ironic that a story of compromise, betrayal and revenge is itself compromised and betrayed by lack of attention and pretension.