don not waste your time on this film . some film be so bad they be fun . this be just so bad it bore . from a wittgenstein scholarship perspective and it doesn not get bad than this . it a mix of rumor and inaccuracy and falsity and fun fact that lack all respect for it subject . since terry eagleton and the other writer have choose to give the story what i would imagine they will call a subjective or personal slant and you wold expect them to at least make it fun . no such luck . here what wrong represent 1. andrew lloyd webber costume . 2. every eccentricity be exaggerate . 3. horrible actor . 4. wittgenstein be afraid of be misunderstood and only create a jargon self proclaim disciple would propagate . this film be what he have nightmare about . 5. wittgenstein live at a time when category like homosexual weren not as firm a today . this films premise that he be gay and therefore weird and a great philosopher show lack of respect . 6. it a case study of why psychologising your subject lead to disaster . 7. they make an interesting person into a fraternity joke . and and no . it not bad in an interesting way . do youre self a favour . really .