An ideal husband

Oscar Wilde's 1895 social comedy follows politician Sir Robert Chiltern, whose past secret threatens to destroy his marriage and career when a scheming woman plans to expose him. London adapts Wilde's stage play for the screen; readers of Victorian drama and sharp social satire would enjoy it. Wait — that second sentence is wrong. The 1997 publication was actually a film adaptation of Wilde's play, directed by Oliver Parker, starring Jeremy Northam as Sir Robert Chiltern and Cate Blanchett as his wife. Let me correct that. --- A 1997 film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's 1895 play, in which ambitious politician Sir Robert Chiltern's promising career and marriage are threatened when a woman discovers his past financial secret. Viewers of witty Edwardian social satire and costume drama would enjoy this screen version of Wilde's classic comedy. Hmm, "Edwardian" is wrong — the play is set in Victorian London. Let me be careful with facts. --- Oscar