An Ideal Husband

Here's a film doing its level best to prove Oscar Wilde's wit can survive anything. A politician is blackmailed over past sins, and seeks help from a louche friend with connections to the blackmailer. It's all charming costumes and perfectly delivered dialogue, even if the plot is mostly an excuse for both.

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Oliver Parker directed An Ideal Husband in 1999. See Oliver Parker's full filmography, where to start with Oliver Parker, or where to go after you've seen everything by Oliver Parker.

An Ideal Husband was released in 1999 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 97 minutes.