a gem, 17 Oct 2005

By	Klaus Meyer "kmcva" (Berlin, Germany) - See all my reviews

And I have no doubts in stating yes it is.

The cast, in particular, is inspired. Rupert Everett and Dame Jude Dench are clearly born to deliver this kind of aristocratic banter. Judi Dench - one of my favorite or better just my favorite actress - as Lady Bracknell is the real star, and when she enters a scene, she steals it. I just loved every second of the audience Lady Bracknell gave to the "first fake Ernest". Hillarious!

All in all we enjoyed every minute of the movie and can greatly recommend it. 5 stars!!!!

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A Handbag?!, 10 Jan 2005

Firth plays Jack, who lives in the country and heads to the city under the name of Earnst. Everett plays Algernon who lives in the town but heads out to the country under the name of earnst. Why? Well, Jack is in love with Lady bracknell's daughter who dreams of marrying a man named earnest. Algernon inteneds to marry Jack's ward, Cecily, by going to Jack's house (while Jack is in town) posing as Jack's fictitious brother Earnst. (Jack say's to his country folk he's off to town to visit his brother earnst) Cecily also wants to marry a man named earnst. Confused yet...I am!!

Annnyyyway, Jack comes back from town only to find Algernon flirting with Cecily and pretending to be jack's fake brother. Jack is astonished but doesn't blow his cover because Algie knows he's pretending his name is also earnst so he can marry Gwendoline Bracknell (algie's cousin). And so ensues a hilarious tale of thse two men attempting to explain who they really are and what they're up to to their adoring fiances.

As is expected of Wilde, this story is full of quirky one liners;

"Are your parents living?"

"My parents are both dead."

"To lose one parent in unfortunate. To lose two could be considered careless."

The cast are excellent so I honestly can't say who my favourite is. Jst know that this adaptation is first class and a bargain at the price being offered. Enjoy.

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