When Gwendolen (Frances O'Connor) professes her love to Earnest (Colin
Firth), he begins to probe into how she would feel if his name weren't
Earnest.
FILM DESCRIPTION:
A superb cast brings Oscar Wilde's
classic comedy of manners to life in the third big-screen adaptation of
this hilarious look at fun, games, and dubious ethics
among the British upper crust. Algernon Moncrieff (Rupert Everett) is a
slightly shady, but charming gentlemen from a wealthy family who has a
bad habit of throwing his money away. Algernon has a close friend named
Jack Worthing (Colin Firth), a self-made man who acts as a ward to his
cousin, a beautiful young lady named Cecily (Reese Witherspoon).
Algernon has created an alter ego to help him get out of tight spots
brought on by his financial improprieties, and when he learns that Jack
has created a false identity of his own — Earnest, a brother living in
London whose exploits have earned him no small amount of notoriety —
Algernon arrives for a weekend visit in the country posing as the
mysterious Earnest. Having heard of Earnest's misadventures many times
over the years, Cecily had developed something of an infatuation with
the lovable rogue, and Algernon's impersonation of him works no small
degree of magic on Cecily. Meanwhile, Algernon's cousin, Gwendolyn
(Frances O'Connor), arrives for the weekend, and is startled to discover
Jack is also there — except that she knows him as bad-boy Earnest. So
just who is in love with who? How will Lady Bracknell (Judi Dench)
handle the matter of her daughter Gwendolyn's suitors? And what's the
truth about Jack's mysterious heritage? The Importance of Being Earnest
was director Oliver Parker's second film adaptation of an Oscar Wilde
comedy; he previously helmed An Ideal Husband, which also starred Rupert
Everett. Everett and Colin Firth also co-starred in the 1984 drama
Another Country.
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