One of Oscar Wildes most popular plays is given a new screen interpretation in this period comedy. In New York in the early 30s, Mrs. Erlynne (Helen Hunt) is a widow who lives comfortably through the largesse of several married men, and when she runs out of wealthy suitors in Manhattan, she decides to find greener pastures in Italy. Mrs. Erlynne trains her sights on Robert Windermere (Mark Umbers), a wealthy Englishman who is married to the beautiful Meg (Scarlett Johansson). While Mrs. Erlynne gingerly tries to separate Robert from his money, Megs head is turned by the handsome Lord Darlington (Stephen Campbell Moore), one of her husbands close friends. In the midst of all the attempted infidelity, the genially eccentric Tuppy (Tom Wilkinson) struggles to win Mrs. Erlynnes hand, little knowing she carries a shocking secret. A Good Woman was based on Wildes Lady Windermeres Fan, with its title drawn from that shows subtitle, A Play About a Good Woman. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide