The Importance of Being Earnest

Director: Oliver Parker

Actors I know in it: Rupert Everett, Reese Witherspoon, Colin Firth, Judy Dench

Rating: 5 stars

We have both seen this movie already, but it was fun to watch again. It's exactly the same as the play, except there is a brief musical interlude that does nothing but add to the hilarity of the film. It's way over-the-top, hilarious. But while some of the film's ridiculousness has to do with the extreme ultra-Romantic expectations of the women, most of it has to do with Oscar Wilde's original text. Who actually accidentally puts a baby in a handbag?

The end of the film is a lot like a Peter Jenning's short story: "The whole thing was building up for this pathetic pun? Seriously?" But in a non-disappointing way.