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The Importance of Being Earnest

Name: The Importance of Being Earnest
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Released: 2002
Duration: 97 min
Cast: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon, Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson

Taste attributes: comedydramahistoryromancehistoricalslowwholesomelinearenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfish out of water/culture clashlove conquers allsolving the riddle/not as it seems

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

Boxlist takeAn emotional, slow-burning romantic comedy, otherwise balanced. Best if you like patience over pace.

Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score

6.9/10

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Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it

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Synopsis

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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