An Ideal Husband
Director: Oliver Parker
Genre: Comedy, Costume drama, Film adaptation, Romantic comedy, Romance Film, Period piece, Romantic drama, Drama
Year: 1999
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Language: English Language
Starring: Minnie Driver, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Jeremy Northam, John Wood, Peter Vaughan, Lindsay Duncan, Simon Russell Beale, Nickolas Grace, Cate Blanchett
An Ideal Husband is a 1999 film based on the play of the same name by Oscar Wilde. The film stars Jeremy Northam, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Minnie Driver and Oscar winning actress Cate Blanchett. It was directed by Oliver Parker.
It was selected as the 1999 Cannes Film Festival's closing film.
Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs. Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old and the plot to help his friend has unintended consequences.
Stage production of The Importance of Being Earnest
Paper Magazine called it a "witty comedy". It received a positive review from Roger Ebert. Entertainment Weekly called it "delightful". The New York Observer said it was "immensely entertaining". On RottenTomatoes.com it has a positive review rating of 86% Fresh.
Julianne Moore was nominated for the Chicago Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress, A Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical, A Chlotrudis award for Best Actress,
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