Jeremy Northam is a man with a glittering future who's married to Cate Blanchett and has a high-flying career as an MP. But the scheming Mrs Cheveley threatens to destroy his reputation. He turns for advice to his best friend, Lord Arthur Goring (Rupert Everett), but the latter has problems ... Read review
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Wilde. Wilde's playAn Ideal Husbandis not his best known, but this film adaptation has all the wit you could ask for and a cast with the chops to deliver it: Cate Bl...
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For truly clever dialogue and a smartly structured plot, you can't go wrong with Oscar ... more
Wilde. Wilde's playAn Ideal Husbandis not hisbest known, but this film adaptation has all the wit you could ask for and a cast with the chops to deliver it: Cate Bla...
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For truly clever dialogue and a smartly structured plot, you can't go wrong with Oscar ... more
Wilde. Wilde's playAn Ideal Husbandis not his best known, but this film adaptation has all the wit you could ask for and a cast with the chops to deliver it: Cate Bl...
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acclaimed box office hit, Oliver Parker's stunning adaptation of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband.Headed by a 22-carat cast, including Rupert Everett (Shakespeare I...
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...has a high-flying career as an MP. But the scheming Mrs Cheveley threatens to destroy his reputation. He turns for advice to his best friend, Lord Arthur Goring (Rupert Everett), but the latter has problems of his own, including the attentions of his sister (Minnie Driver), which are threatening his bachelorhood.
Brilliant sets and acting from all the main actors. Witty dialogue as you would expect from Oscar Wilde who originally wrote ... ...will only result in your disappointment.
Everett puts in a fantastic performance as the aristocratic fop who's allergic to commitment, and the rest of the cast also provide polished performances.
Witty, clever and an indictment of the fact that no-one is perfect.
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Jeremy Northam is a man with a glittering future who's married to Cate Blanchett and has a high-flying career as an MP. But the scheming Mrs Cheveley threatens to destroy his reputation. He turns for advice to his best friend, Lord Arthur Goring (Rupert Everett), but the latter has problems of his own, including the attentions of his sister (Minnie Driver), which are threatening his bachelorhood.
Brilliant sets and acting from all the main actors. Witty dialogue as you would expect from Oscar Wilde who originally wrote this for the stage. The subtefuge of hiding secrets, the misinterpretation of what people see & hear and the almost farcical comings and goings in the final scenes of the film, make it thoroughly enjoyable.
It's about trying not to idealise your partner and putting unrealistic goals or expectations on them which will only result in your disappointment.
Everett puts in a fantastic performance as the aristocratic fop who's allergic to commitment, and the rest of the cast also provide polished performances.
Witty, clever and an indictment of the fact that no-one is perfect.
Advantages: Stunning Script, Rupert Everett is simply gorgeous Disadvantages: Tries too hard to escape its theatrical roots
...Oscar Wilde play, this is an enjoyable film with many clever twists and witty one liners. The beginning of the movie starts off shakily with the director so keen to remove any airs of staginess from the proceedings that we are bombarded with quick scene changes all over London for no reason what so ever. However once the plot and direction settle down you can enjoy the sumptuous cast and script. The main story revolves around the politician Sir Robert ... ...onto his idle life as a bachelor. He oozes sex appeal in all his scenes and is at his best trying to outwit and seduce Mrs Cheevley. Overall an enjoyable movie, where you will end up marvelling at the genius of Oscar Wilde and talents of Rupert Everett. ...
biscuit 08.06.2000
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...gentle through the life of an up and coming politician Sir Robert Chiltern, his wife, sister and best friend (Lord Goring). There are dark moments when Sir Robert has to choose his country or himself but all is resolved in the end.
What truly makes this special is the language used, the sarcasm flows like honey and the one-upmanship is only thinly disguised. ...
MissTRious 23.02.2001
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Sir Robert Chiltern (Northam) is a successful Government minister with a loving wife. He is threatened when a lady (Moore) appears with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring (Everett), an apparently idle philanderer, who takes matters in hand in this wicked yet touching comedy, based on the play by Oscar Wilde.
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DVD
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PATHE DISTRIBUTION; 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT, ILC PRIME; PINNACLE VISION, PRISM LEISURE
1.85 Wide Screen, 16:9 Wide Screen, 4:3 Full Frame
Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Stereo
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital Stereo English
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Review
"...Everett effortlessly steals the show....As fresh as Wilde's delicious epigrams..." -- Rating: A- (Entertainment Weekly, p.110, 21/01/2000)
"...Likable, handsome....Life at the top has rarely looked or sounded more fabulously elegant..." (New York Times, p.E18, 18/06/1999)
"...Vibrant acting....Driver is flighty fun in her scenes with Everett..." (Rolling Stone, p.164, 08/07/1999)
"...The actors are superbly accoutered.....Rupert Everett performs an immaculate turn..." (Sight and Sound, p.49-50, 01/05/1999)
"...Smooth-flowing direction, a shrewdly pruned script and a top flight ensemble cast..." (Variety, p.43-4, 26/04/1999)
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Sir Robert Chiltern (Northam) is a successful Government minister with a loving wife. He is threatened when a lady (Moore) appears with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring (Everett), an apparently idle philanderer, who takes matters in hand in this wicked yet touching comedy, based on the play by Oscar Wilde.
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