A 1999 British film based on Oscar Wilde's play An Ideal Husband, this movie follows Sir Robert Chiltern, a successful government minister, whose reputation is threatened when he is blackmailed by Mrs Cheveley over a past misdeed. With the help of his friend Lord Goring, Robert must navigate a complex web of deceit and betrayal to clear his name and win back his wife's trust, all while facing the reality that his ideal image may be more illusion than truth.