An Ideal Husband

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An Ideal Husband

PG-13

1999

2h 0m

Romance

Comedy

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Sir Robert Chiltern (Jeremy Northam) is a respected government official and a loving husband. His friend, Lord Arthur Goring (Rupert Everett), is a notorious womanizer who lives a life of casual lounging, meaningless flirtations and multiple illicit affairs. But when old acquaintance Laura Cheveley (Julianne Moore) arrives in London to stir up trouble, the lives of the two men become increasingly complicated and intertwined, and their true natures are revealed.

Critics Consensus

Brevity is the soul of wit, eh? This adaptation gets to the nitty gritty of Wilde's stage piece and plays on eternal human foibles.

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Sight & Sound

06/18/2012

Parker's shuttlecock technique only succeeds in throwing Wilde's cascading rhythms seriously out of whack and makes it hard to attend to the language as fully as one would like.

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Time Out

03/02/2011

The bright, crisp design, Wilde's arch eloquence and a classy company help to camouflage the shortcomings.

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

07/07/2010

B

An enjoyable, minor, lustrously shot revamping of Oscar Wilde's play about the perpetually interlocked manners of love and deception.

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James Hannaham

Out Magazine

05/27/2022

As Arthur Goring -- "the idlest man in London" -- Rupert Everett sparkles brightest in the diamond necklace of Hollywood Brits adorning An Ideal Husband.

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Film4

07/20/2010

3.5/5

Quality comedy with a sprinkling of romance, skilfully assembled by a director with a clear feel for the material. Performances are universally great and the dialogue, of course, is superb.

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Maitland McDonagh

TV Guide

07/20/2010

3.5/4

It's lavish, clever entertainment, a welcome opportunity to laugh without shame.

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Rolla A

@RT71711268 02/18/2024

I really liked this period drama, Cate Blanchett shines once again

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Alec B

@Alec97 01/10/2024

An enjoyably witty farce. Rupert Everett is just perfection here.

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08/07/2021

An enjoyably witty farce. Rupert Everett is just perfection here.

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steve d

@RT35616104 07/04/2020

Not Wilde's best but it is entertaining.

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@ScottR 07/29/2019

It has its moments, but not one for the ages.

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Oliver Parker

Director

Rupert Everett

Lord Arthur Goring

Julianne Moore

Mrs. Laura Cheveley

Jeremy Northam

Sir Robert Chiltern

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Lady Gertrude Chiltern

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Synopsis

Sir Robert Chiltern (Jeremy Northam) is a respected government official and a loving husband. His friend, Lord Arthur Goring (Rupert Everett), is a notorious womanizer who lives a life of casual lounging, meaningless flirtations and multiple illicit affairs. But when old acquaintance Laura Cheveley (Julianne Moore) arrives in London to stir up trouble, the lives of the two men become increasingly complicated and intertwined, and their true natures are revealed.

Director: Oliver Parker
Producer: Barnaby Thompson, Uri Fruchtmann, Bruce Davey
Screenwriter: Oliver Parker
Production Co: Miramax
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 12, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $18.5M
Runtime: 2h 0m
Sound Mix: Surround