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- 1999
- PG-13
- Miramax
- 1 h 37 m
- 1999
- PG-13
- Miramax
- 1 h 37 m
Directed By: Oliver Parker
Written By: Oscar Wilde, Oliver Parker
- 1999
- PG-13
- Miramax
- 1 h 37 m
- 1999
- PG-13
- Miramax
- 1 h 37 m
An Ideal Husband
67
7.8
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Directed By: Oliver Parker
Written By: Oscar Wilde, Oliver Parker
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
67
76% Positive
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
20% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
67
76% Positive
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
20% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Parker stays with and even streamlines Wilde's clever manipulations of betrayals and lies and plots and counterplots. Yet the film never feels stagy.
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.
Life at the top has rarely looked or sounded more fabulously elegant.
The movie is diverting enough -- it's good fun -- but much of the genius is gone with the wind.
This big-screen version of Wilde's stylish match of deceit and honor, loyalty and betrayal, is more parry than thrust.
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.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
7.8
70% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
7.8
70% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
30% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
0% Negative
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Production Company
Arts Council of England,
Fragile Films,
Pathé Pictures International,
StudioCanal Films
Release Date Jun 18, 1999
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline He just doesn't know it yet.
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Nominations
Satellite Awards
• 6 Nominations
Chlotrudis Awards
• 3 Nominations
