An Ideal Husband (1999)

The film is the adaptation of Oscar Wild's play with the same title. From some aspects it resembles to "The Importance of Being Earnest" but, I must say, it's nowhere as entertaining. It has a similar main character as "Earnest", a young(ish) gentleman with significant wealth who does not care about anything else but parties, ladies and idling around whole day. About the plot I don't want to write anything as it would spoil it for everyone.

I usually like Oscar Wild's works, his style, humour and wittiness, so I thought I would really like this film. I was wrong. To be honest, I was a bit disappointed. The wittiness of the dialogues was there but the plot, well, was kind of lacking. It wasn't bad but it was uneventful. Maybe my expectations were too high.

I liked it, though, that there were a few references to Wild himself and his works, mainly "The Importance of Being Earnest." There was a scene that took place in a theatre while that play was performed, and there was also a character named Bunbury.

Bottom line: it wasn't bad but I expected more.