The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) Reviews & Ratings

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The Importance of Being Earnest reviews

The Importance of Being Earnest holds a 7.2/10 average from 126 TMDB ratings.

There's little point in outlining the plot here - it's not what the film is about. It is the combination of characterisations and the wonderfully witty writing of Oscar Wilde that make this a thoroughly enjoyable film to watch. It makes no bones about it's theatrical origins - even featuring a curtain at the start and the finish, and that sets us up for a cracker of a comedy that swipes at snobbery, pomposity, crass…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)

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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