The Importance of Being Earnest

Genre: Comedy

Worldwide gross$17.3M

Two young gentlemen living in 1890's 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...

🏆 2 wins & 2 nominations

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director

Oliver Parker

Cast

Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Frances O'Connor

Released

21 June 2002

Runtime

1h 37m

Certificate

PG

IMDb rating

6.8 / 10

Votes

25,047

Metascore

60

Rotten Tomatoes

57%

Box office

$8,384,929

Budget

$15,000,000

Edition

Base