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An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband

6,5 /10 (223 Votes)
1999 EN 97 min

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.

Release date

14/01/1999

Votes

223

Popularity

3.8

He just doesn't know it yet.

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

97 min

Budget

$14,000,000

Revenue

$18,500,000

Original Soundtrack

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2024-02-15

⭐ 6

"Sir Robert Chiltern" (Jeremy Northam) is a British cabinet minister with a secret! He is determined that it remain exactly that - from his wife (Cate Blanchett) and from his political masters. Perhaps not too shrewdly, he turns to his rather underwhelming pal "Lord Goring" (Rupert Everett) whom he knows is well acquainted with his new found nemesis "Mrs. Cheveley" (Julianne Moore). With a parliamentary debate fast looming, and "Sir Robert" - in his role as a junior minister having a crucial role in a substantial government investment in Argentina - having to endorse or not, he finds himself i…

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