An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband

He just doesn't know it yet.

Directed by Oliver Parker

Produced by Fragile Films, Icon Productions

199997 min6.5 / 10

A witty, elegant drawing-room comedy about blackmail and redemption in Victorian high society, where charm and moral reckoning intertwine.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is An Ideal Husband violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.

  • Does An Ideal Husband end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 85% of films.

  • Is An Ideal Husband easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Is An Ideal Husband sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.

  • Is An Ideal Husband scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

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37/ 100

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