Somewhat heavy reading of Oscar Wilde's stage comedy of manners and morals. Julianne Moore, as Mrs. Cheveley, has the role that makes everything go, and she is fully present and alert in it, and her departure before the final act is a grave loss. Rupert Everett seems strangely uncommitted, and Minnie Driver seems blithely uncomprehending, and Jeremy Northam and Cate Blanchett are simply stifled. Directed by Oliver Parker. (1999) — Duncan Shepherd
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