An Ideal Husband
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  1. Positive: 19 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 25
  3. Negative: 1 out of 25
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Derek Elley
    90
    Shines like a freshly minted coin in Oliver Parker's adaptation.
  2. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Stephanie Zacharek
    80
    It 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.
  3. Newsweek
    Reviewed by: Andrea C. Basora
    60
    Beautifully appointed, fairly bursting with splendid sets and divine costumes, but it ultimately fails to capture the essence of Wilde's airy wit.
  4. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    20
    Parker 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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  1. DickM.
    7
    I had never heard of this film even though I am a movie nut but I recorded it because I found Julianne Moore's name in the cast. I am still congratulating me on my instincts or my good luck. It was great fun all the way. Leave it to the Brits.… Expand

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