Cate Blanchett, Jeremy Northam, John Wood
In a moment of youthful indiscretion, Sir Robert Chiltern provided an Austrian baron with secret Foreign Office information. As payment he received the money that became the basis of his fortune and o...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 18, 2000
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Flixster Reviews (431)
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August 12, 2008Comedy about a 19th C. MP whose marriage comes under threat by blackmail
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March 14, 2008ta da... cate blanchett, julianne moore and minnie driver were all sublime. rupert everett did some grand acting too! jerermy northam was okay but nothing spectacular. well directed and written by oliver parker who adapted it from the oscar wilde play. i very much enjoyed the wit...( read more)
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July 16, 2007I've always seen this at the video store and everytime I go, it's caught my eye. I think it was because of the cast on the cover. I love Cate Blanchett, Julianne Moore and Minnie Driver and Rupert Everett is good, too, but for some reason or another I never bothered renting it. W...( read more)
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June 24, 2007Having seen this on stage as well as the 1998 version starring Jonathan Firth as Lord Chiltern, I have to confess that this version didn't really do anything for me.
Julianne Moore wasn't as provocative as she ought to be and Cate Blanchett did a pathetic job of playing the wife...( read more) -
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October 22, 2009if it werent for Cate and Mini, I probably wouldnt have watched all of this one.
an okay film.
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August 22, 2009
Oscar Wilde's play, An Ideal husband, remake in movie with great performances by Cate Blanchette, Rupert Everett, Jullianne Moore an...( read more) -
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April 16, 2009Honestly, I thought this to be just plain boring, except for the very cute ending. Great cast though.
Critic Reviews
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
January 1, 2000
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Parker, who himself adapted Wilde's play for the movie, takes what to purists may be an unforgivable number of liberties with the story, fleshing out the plot and even adding dialogue. full review
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