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The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)

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

17 May 2002 · 1h 37mComedyDramaHistoryRomance

★ 6.8 / 10 · 521 votes on TMDB

Directed by Oliver Parker

What it's about

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.

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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
Patrick Godfrey
Merriman
Charles Kay
Gribsby

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