An Ideal Husband
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings
- Starring: Julianne Moore, Rupert Everett
- Summary: An adaptation of Oscar Wilde's romantic social satire. (Miramax)
- Director: Oliver Parker
- Genre(s): Comedy, Romance
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Positive: 19 out of 25
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Mixed: 5 out of 25
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Negative: 1 out of 25
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90Shines like a freshly minted coin in Oliver Parker's adaptation.
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80It all seems calculated to churn up excitement, a promise that there's lots of dazzle, glamour and intrigue to come. An Ideal Husband actually does deliver all those things, but mostly in a pleasurably understated way -- no need for the noisy signals.
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60Beautifully appointed, fairly bursting with splendid sets and divine costumes, but it ultimately fails to capture the essence of Wilde's airy wit.
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20Parker has boiled An Ideal Husband into a thuddingly unimaginative costume drama laden with frocks, riding crops, servile butlers and very good actors desperately treading water.
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