It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Excellent adaptation.

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

The movie stays on the friendship and love between Verlaine and Rimbaud and doesn't focus at the artistic nature of those two great french poets. The scenario is based on the letters the 2 poets sent to each other. Yorgos Arvanitis cinematography gives a dark atmosphere that surrounds the heroes. Leonardo DiCaprio gives a passionate performance in a role that his managers suggested him to reject. 7/10 by me.

Forget Titanic for a moment, Leonardo Dicaprio was absolutely amazing at playing as the exuberant and crazy poet Arthur Rimbaud! He just did the job so well that I just couldn't believe this film didn't get a Golden Globe?!It was very sad, like I did cry a few times when his character died and of course had angry outbursts to Paul Verlaine aka David Thewlis. He was absolutely great too as an actor! I say the real poets would be very proud of the actors for doing a love story about them in a film more like! I think this film is the best sadist film I've ever came across!

Many people who have seen this movie do not understand it at all. It has nothing to do with the sexual nature of the two men. It is how their lives intertwine and how they fall in love with each other's souls through their amazing writings. The sex comes naturally as two human beings - not two gay men or bisexuals.If all you got out of this movie is that, I am so sad for you! I am shocked this film hasn't made it to the top. I love it. I watch it all the time. My favorite European film of ALL TIME. The acting as well, excellent!!!!!I truly get lost in this film. You can't help but fall in love with the writing itself. Extremely well-written as well as acted out.

I think that Leo looked much to old to having sex with a guy thats like 5 times his age. The sex scenes were very racy and showed a lot. Leo didn't show much. The other guy showed a lot. I wonder why he picked this role. I don't think that it did much justice to his career. He couldn't be comfortable doing those sex scenes. Leo was pretty hott though. They did a horrible job of aging him at the end.Overall i thought that it sucked. The older guy looked Sick. Leo had to be agood actor to do some of the scenes. Gays wern't around back then or at least not noticed. It wouldbe weird if that movie won any awards!!!!!!!!!!!!!