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The Importance of Being Earnest

Everybody Loves Ernest... But Nobody's Quite Sure Who He Really Is.

Movie2002PG1h 37m6.8 / 10
ComedyDramaHistoryRomance

Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.

Directed by: Oliver Parker

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Cast

Rupert Everett

Algernon “Algy” Moncrieff

Colin Firth

John “Jack” Worthing

Reese Witherspoon

Cecily Cardew

Judi Dench

Lady Bracknell

Tom Wilkinson

Dr. Chasuble

Frances O'Connor

Gwendolen Fairfax

Anna Massey

Miss Laetitia Prism

Edward Fox

Lane

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