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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Wilde's play is possibly the peak of perfection of its style - witty, mildly cynical, gently satirical and very, very stylish. Every now and then somebody manages to produce absolute perfection in casting in a film or play, and this is a prime specimen! Not a weak link from the big parts - Algy and Jack - down to the more-or-less one-liner domestics. It's not just the brilliant glitter of the text, it's what a superb cast does with it, gratefully, gleefully seizing on the material and whanging it out to the audience with gusto, panache and consummate subtlety. Not a kitchen sink in sight -- after all, Gwendolen assures us that she's never seen a spade!
All very artificial, yes, but that's just the surface - everything has an underlying human credibility, which is the very soul of comedy. What more could one ask?
All very artificial, yes, but that's just the surface - everything has an underlying human credibility, which is the very soul of comedy. What more could one ask?
24 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The Importance of Being Earnest is one of my favourite movies adapted from one of my favourite plays written by one of my favourite playwrights - but the sound quality on this DVD is awful and entirely ruins the enjoyment that we should be expecting.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I`ve wanted this DVD for some time now and when it arrived I couldn`t wait to view it,what a disappointment! even with the sound turned on full blast I could not hear the dialogue!I retuned it for a full refund ASAP! It was RUBBISH
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There as no trouble with the ordering and delivery of the disc; it was well up to your usual standard. I was a little disappointed with the quality of the re-mastering of the film. Read more
Published 1 day ago by highwayman
Visually excellent but poor sound level
Good quality picture but the sound level was very low - had to crank up the volume level on player. Bought this for my other half and he loved it!!
Published 2 days ago by hlade
Fine film destroyed by dreadful sound (network edition)
Having now tested 4 copies (2011-2012) of this network edition of the 1952 film, one direct from amazon.co. Read more
Published 2 months ago by j6_40
The very best of any version
I did not require a recommendation from anyone when purchasing this DVD. I already owned a VHS copy of it and just wanted to upgrade to the more recent and improved format. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Allan Ashby
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Great film, have loved it since seeing it at school over 20 years ago and it never loses its comedy appeal
Published 4 months ago by glyn h-j
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Published 5 months ago by Max
Never bettered
I have a 30 year old audio recording (of LPs) on the play so I was delighted to find this version with the same caste. Read more
Published 14 months ago by BernardM
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In my opinion not only the finest play that was ever written but this performance of it is faultless. Read more
Published 18 months ago by D. J. Wilden
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Published 21 months ago by Kevin Bransbury-jones
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Published 22 months ago by Sonya Ann Porter
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