The Importance of Being Earnest

Written and Directed by Oliver Parker. Starring Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, and Reese Witherspoon.

Miramax Films - 2002

Two and a Half Stars of Review!

As far as modern Hollywood adaptations of Oscar Wilde go this one falls short of an already low standard. Most of the cast seems to be phoning it in, but it's the elements that are interjected into the story for the sake of making a clever looking picture that make it feel a bit too mundane. Enough of Wilde's witty dialogue is maintained so I suspect that it could serve as a jumping point for the uninitiated.