The only time I have seen this was at the movies, at the end of ’99 (I’m not really that much of a freak; J and I had just started going out, which is why I remember). I saw it with Alisona and Kate – they are huge period-piece fans, and of Rupert too. Anyway, Kate recently got it on DVD, so we had a viewing today (she’s already watched it four times…). It was great, as I remembered: rather convoluted, in a delightful way, and not as embarassing as so many more recent rom-coms tend to be (and hence attract my loathing). The dialogue is so witty – they are both scandalised with me for not having seen The Importance of being Earnest; they think Wilde is great, although Alison more than Kate. Neither Alison nor I can decide whether we think Jeremy Northam (who I think was the intelligence agent in Enigma, another breath-taking movie) is a good actor or not. He was good in this role, but still a bit wooden. Cate Blanchett, though, was awesome, and the only way to decsrive Julieanne Moore is ‘sultry minx’; I’ve always thought that Minnie Driver, while great, was a bit out of place. Rupert, needless to say, was glorious. And the sets were great.