"...Vibrant acting....Driver is flighty fun in her scenes with Everett..."
Rolling Stone

"...Everett does indeed cut quite a figure in his well-appointed costumes. He's perfectly at ease..."
USA Today

"...Smooth-flowing direction, a shrewdly pruned script and a top flight ensemble cast..."
Variety

"...The actors are superbly accoutered.....Rupert Everett performs an immaculate turn..."
Sight and Sound

"...Everett effortlessly steals the show....As fresh as Wilde's delicious epigrams..." -- Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly

"...Likable, handsome....Life at the top has rarely looked or sounded more fabulously elegant..."
New York Times

...Exhilarating and elegant....Vital and buoyant, AN IDEAL HUSBAND continues in an impressive manner the resurgence of interest in Wilde..."
Los Angeles Times