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An Ideal Husband

1999 · 97 min

A witty, elegant drawing-room comedy of manners where sparkling dialogue and moral dilemmas keep you delightfully engaged.

Tagline
He just doesn't know it yet.
Overview
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, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • morality
  • betrayal
  • politics
  • love
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy, romance
Directed by
Oliver Parker
Written by
Oliver Parker
Starring
Cate Blanchett, Minnie Driver, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Jeremy Northam, Peter Vaughan, Ben Pullen, Marsha Fitzalan
Music
Charlie Mole
Cinematography
David Johnson
Runtime
97 min
Country
France, United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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