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# The Importance Of Being Earnest [DVD]

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The Importance Of Being Earnest [DVD]

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Great
  

*by H***H on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 16 May 2023*

Would recommend

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    ENTERTAINING ADAPTATION OF WILDE CLASSIC
  

*by S***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 8 August 2012*

"Earnest" is very much a stage play, at its best performed by a good cast in a theatre and where the reaction of the audience to Wilde's scintillating dialogue is an important component of the entertainment.  Inevitably that electricity generated by a live performance is lost in any adaptation for the screen. The celebrated (but now somewhat dated) 1952 film tried as much as possible to incorporate the play's theatrical character.  Accomplished stage actors were employed who knew exactly how to pitch their performance (this is one case where the acting needs to be stylised, verging on but not quite crossing the line into outright ham!)  Thus, although Edith Evans & Co. couldn't do complete justice to the original, the resulting film was a creditable and entertaining effort.Inevitably, this film, made half a century later, is going to be compared with its predecessor and it actually measures up quite well.  Where it falls down slightly is in some rather contrived efforts to make the production more cinematic. Embellishments such as Algy being chased through the streets by debt collectors, two of the lovers getting tattoos, and a rather silly reference to Lady Bracknell's past, all seem incongruous  and detract rather than add to the overall impact. These minor irritations apart, though, the film works well overall.Colin Firth and Rupert Everett are excellent as the two male leads and there is a wonderful cameo from Edward Fox playing Algy's butler.  As you'd expect, Judi Dench is suitably commanding as Lady Bracknell, but the other principal females are just a bit disappointing.  Frances O'Connor and Reece Wetherspoon are attractive enough as Gwendolen and Cecily but they don't bring that gloriously arch eccentricity that Joan Greenwood and Dorothy Tutin brought to the roles in the 1952 film.  Nor is Anna Massey quite dotty enough in this portrayal of Miss Prism.  But these are small details that don't stop this from being an enjoyable and entertaining film.  However, if you do ever get the chance try and catch a performance of this play on stage.  That is where it excels.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A Handbag?!
  

*by R***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 9 January 2005*

Wilde's fantastic play could have not asked for a better adaptation than this. The characters have a fantastic chemisty on screen and fit into their own personal roles wonderfully. Firth and Everett are the perfect orphan boy and playboy turned earnest. I don't image many will be unfamiliar with the plot but here's a quick summary:Firth plays Jack, who lives in the country and heads to the city under the name of Earnst. Everett plays Algernon who lives in the town but heads out to the country under the name of earnst. Why? Well, Jack is in love with Lady bracknell's daughter who dreams of marrying a man named earnest. Algernon inteneds to marry Jack's ward, Cecily, by going to Jack's house (while Jack is in town) posing as Jack's fictitious brother Earnst. (Jack say's to his country folk he's off to town to visit his brother earnst) Cecily also wants to marry a man named earnst. Confused yet...I am!!Annnyyyway, Jack comes back from town only to find Algernon flirting with Cecily and pretending to be jack's fake brother. Jack is astonished but doesn't blow his cover because Algie knows he's pretending his name is also earnst so he can marry Gwendoline Bracknell (algie's cousin). And so ensues a hilarious tale of thse two men attempting to explain who they really are and what they're up to to their adoring fiances.As is expected of Wilde, this story is full of quirky one liners;"Are your parents living?""My parents are both dead.""To lose one parent in unfortunate. To lose two could be considered careless."The cast are excellent so I honestly can't say who my favourite is. Jst know that this adaptation is first class and a bargain at the price being offered. Enjoy.

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