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Summary: Delightful Comedy of Suspense and Passion
Review: This is by far my favorite film of '99! The costumes, the sets, the music, all dramatic and full of good-taste. Northam, as always, is at his best in this film, and Blanchett sets him off wonderfully. It is a story of one's past threatening one's future, and teaches a good lesson in the end. Witty, charming, and beautiful, this is one film you have to see. However, families be warned (and women, as well). In the opening credits is the one thing that brought this film it's rating. A blurry figure of a nude woman. Pity they had to spice this wonderful cake with pornography, but if you skip the first track, all you'll miss is an eyeful.
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Summary: Superb!
Review: An Ideal Husband proves that to be funny a movie does not need to have stupid, dumb, or just plain idiotic humor. Instead, the devious plot twists and mistaken identities and witty dialogue (especially between Rupert Everett and Minnie Driver) create a charming and simply magnificent movie that can be enjoyed over and over. Absolutely wonderful...
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Summary: The Aspects of Searching for that Ideal Husband
Review: I thought this movie was extremly funny and interesting. Minnie Driver and Rupert Evert form a wonderful couple full of chemistry and laughter. A great date movie.
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Summary: A great evening filled with wit!
Review: Oscar Wilde's wit shines through in this wonderful movie based on his play (written more than a century ago). His wit is very much like Shakespeare's with characters that are all too human. The lead roles are well played and the story fits even with our modern society showing that things haven't changed all that much in the last hundred years. It was a joy to watch even for the second time.
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Summary: A Wonderful Film!
Review: The creative and very clever adaptation of Oscar Wilde's "An Ideal Husband" is so wonderful. Ruppert is completely wonderful, sweet, handsome, and funny with a capital F. This stellar cast of Ruppert, Minnie Driver, Kate Blanchett, and Julianne Moore is right on the money. It's wonderfully shot. And, the dialogue is so clever and well written. It's completely British and I love that. A really wonderful film.
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Summary: An Ideal Husband
Review: Excellent! Julianne Moore steals the show as the villainess and the rest of the cast is great, also. If one likes witty and sharp repartee, then this is the one to buy.
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Summary: A wonderful, entertaining movie
Review: I loved this movie as I found the charactors to be very engaging, the acting to be top notch, and the story to be quite charming and witty. The scenery is lovely and the actors are attractive as well. It also had some nice thems - loyalty, committment, and honesty (in the end.). Very, very nice period piece. Tremendous job by all involved.
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Summary: Superb filmmaking
Review: To say that this film is a filmmaking tour de force would be a great injustice. It is far better than that. Oliver Parker's revitalizing of Oscar Wilde's classic play is filmmaking at its finest. Every element of this film is superlative. Wilde's story as adapted to the screen by Parker is witty, intelligent and engaging from start to finish. Seldom can you find a story that attempts to be a romantic comedy, a tale of duplicity blackmail and betrayal, and a drama of political intrigue, and succeeds so well on all counts. The intricate weave of deception, manipulation and double entendre along with comic misperception, irony and rapier witted dialogue are delicious and classic Wilde. This is a film you will want to see again and again, just to discover all the lines within the lines. I cannot say enough about the brilliance of Oliver Parker's direction in this film. He has captured late 19th Century aristocratic England with vivid and rich images that put the viewer right into the period. David Johnson's cinematography is fantastic, with every scene working well as to lighting and color. The beautiful blend of colors in the costumes and the set always looked like they belonged together. Parker also provides numerous interesting camera angles that help dramatize the scenes. It serves to remind us that glorious films can still be made relying on the creative eye of the director rather than special effects. The acting was delightful. Rupert Everett, as the self absorbed Lord Arthur Goring, delivers an exquisite performance as the unscrupulous rogue upon whom the mantle of truth and honor is laid. Julianne Moore was delightful as the evil and cunning Mrs. Cheveley. As cold, manipulative and heartless as she is with Chiltern and Lady Chiltern, she is that vulnerable and helpless with Lord Goring, for whom she has long held a flame. Moore handles this emotional juggling act with great skill and you find yourself simultaneously loving her ingeniousness and hating her treachery. Cate Blanchett turns in another wonderful performance as the oh-so-perfect, Lady Gertrud Chiltern. Jeremy Northam is also excellent as Robert Chiltern, the man of untouchable character with a scandalous secret in his past. Even Minnie Driver is charming as Robert's sister. This is a terrific film for the refined viewer who appreciates all aspects of filmmaking. Even for those not into the art of filmmaking, it is simply great entertainment. I can think of no negative criticism of it. It is well written, directed, photographed and acted. It is filmmaking the way it was meant to be. A perfect 10.
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Summary: Oscar Wilde at his best
Review: For any fan of British satire and humour, Oscar Wilde is always a must. This production of one of his less well known plays is a shining gem in the slew of period peices this year. The actors, of course, were chosen perfectly. Moore yet again shines in her versatility, as a black hearted, powerful woman engaging in blackmail. Cate Blanchet is magnificent as usual, also demonstrating her range in acting. The direction of the film shines, the costumes are magnificent, and the little jokes that Wilde inserts about his own plays and performences (i.e. the performance of The Importance of Being Earnest as part of the plot in this script) are done magnificently. A must see for any anglophile, but if you have no wit (or intelligence), stay away... you'll be lost in the dark.
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Summary: Ok but it could have been better
Review: I liked this movie but I almost gave it two stars but the cast is grate they make the movie a hole lot better then it would of ended up to be without them. Cate Blanchett is just a grate acctres and I think she did better in this movie then she did in Elisabeth. Minnie Driver is grate in evrey movie that she is in and I love her she will win a Award for one of her movies or at least she should. Rupert Everett well I have not seen too many movies that he has been in but he is grate in this movie offcorse he dose make the movie seem boring in some points of the movie where he is the only one flubing and the rest of the cast are playing there parts with no flubs. Julianne Moore is another grate actress and I love all the movies that she is in.
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