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.
Review 1:
"...Smooth-flowing direction, a shrewdly pruned script and a top flight ensemble cast..."
Source: Variety
p.43-4 4/26-5/2/1999
Review 2:
"...The actors are superbly accoutered.....Rupert Everett performs an immaculate turn..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.49-50 05/1999
Review 3:
"...Vibrant acting....Driver is flighty fun in her scenes with Everett..."
Source: Rolling Stone
p.164 7/8-22/1999
Review 4:
"...Everett effortlessly steals the show....As fresh as Wilde's delicious epigrams..." -- Rating: A-
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.110 01/21/2000
Review 5:
"...Likable, handsome....Life at the top has rarely looked or sounded more fabulously elegant..."
Source: New York Times
p.E18 06/18/1999
Review 6:
"...At once funny and romantic, heart-breaking and gloriously nerve-wracking....First-rate..." -- 5 out of 5 stars
Source: Box Office
p.88 07/01/1999
Review 7:
"...Everett does indeed cut quite a figure in his well-appointed costumes. He's perfectly at ease..."
Source: USA Today
p.8E 06/18/1999
Review 8:
...Exhilarating and elegant....Vital and buoyant, AN IDEAL HUSBAND continues in an impressive manner the resurgence of interest in Wilde..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.F10 06/18/1999