Competent Technicolor satire of British high-society, love, and rules. It’s enjoyable, has an attractive storyline and many good lines. Of note, the female leads are all much more interesting than the men, perhaps because their audacity and wit seems refreshing. Not sure how much of that is owing to Wilde or the screenplay, casting or direction of the film. In contrast, the men seem to fall a little short of the ideal Wilde form. But as I say the women offer several terrific lines throughout the film. (Just wait until they get together; it gets even better!) But pay attention or some really good ones will go right past you. “I’ll wait here forever if you’re not too long.” On modern cineastic terms, however, it does lack the tightness—several shots seem as unnecessary as a good landscape painting—and pop of a Powell and Pressburger. Hitchcock’s To Catch a Thief (1955) provides as much clever romance along with sharper satire and more suspense. On the other hand, the staid gracefulness of Asquith’s film may appeal to some. So if you’re enamored with all things British, and old, and technicolor, you may as well watch this. But you don’t have to. It’s rather like a less frantic, forgivably wooden, but subtly appealing pre-carnation of Jeeves and Wooster, with more emphasis on the female role.