Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.... (Full plot summary below)
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Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.
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| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsBetty Jo TuckerA movie whose few imperfections never detract from its elegant characters and intriguing plot. |
| Film Quips OnlineJohn R. McEwenIt is sad that this kind of dialogue is seen so infrequently in modern films; Wilde had a way with words unparalleled in this century. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonI liked Oliver Parker's film adaptation even better, for reasons I can sum up in two words: Rupert Everett. And not cuz he's scrumptious. Or gay. |
| Cinemaphile.orgDavid KeyesSuch an adaptation comes across effectively because the writer's topics are not limited to certain time periods. |
| Apollo GuideBrian WebsterAn Ideal Husband retains the wit of Wilde, and updates it... [it] is a smart comedy that manages to deliver social commentary while focusing primarily on relationships between its characters. |
| AboutFilm.comCarlo CavagnaPleasantly diverting, but unlikely to inspire the kind of deep thinking about hypocrisy and unreasonable standards of virtue that Wilde intended |
| VarietyDerek ElleyShines like a freshly minted coin in Oliver Parker's adaptation. |
| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesThoroughly entertaining, the film moves from one scene of deliciously subtle humor to another. When you're not laughing out loud, you'll be grinning from ear to ear. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzI felt like I was being one-lined to a loving death in this elegant Oscar Wilde comedy/drama costume play... |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanAn enjoyable, minor, lustrously shot revamping of Oscar Wilde's play about the perpetually interlocked manners of love and deception. |
