Kenneth Williams was an English stage, radio and film actor, best known for camp roles in the Carry On films. He was also a homosexual who was desperately ashamed of, and unhappy about, his homosexuality and consequently remained celibate. He died in his early 60s, leaving behind a lifetime of diaries which told the personal story of this deeply conflicted man.
It is a strength of this film that, notwithstanding that it is often very funny, the viewer is never far away from the dreadful contrast between the fun and happiness which Williams brought to others and the lack of happiness he enjoyed personally.
The supporting cast here is fine, but the film belongs to Michael Sheen who loses himself in creating a Kenneth Williams for whom your heart breaks in a way it never did for the real person during his lifetime due to the way he kept himself so intensely private.
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