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The Importance of Being Earnest

United Kingdom

1952

95 Min

Color

English

Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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CAST Michael Redgrave, Richard Wattis, Michael Denison, Walter Hudd, Edith Evans, Joan Greenwood, Dorothy Tutin, Margaret Rutherford

Oscar Wilde’s comic jewel sparkles in Anthony Asquith’s film adaptation of The Importance of Being Earnest. Featuring brilliantly polished performances by Michael Redgrave, Joan Greenwood, and Dame Edith Evans, the enduringly hilarious story of two young women who think themselves engaged to the same nonexistent man is given the grand Technicolor treatment. Seldom has a classic stage comedy been so engagingly transferred to the screen. —The Criterion Collection

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Vincente Oristivar

12Sep09

Joan Greenwood is fantastic ... i could, would die for that voice .. never heard anything like it since ... sexy, foxy, cheeky, funny all at once ..xx

IA

30Jul09

Much better than the thick, crass American version of course. The acting is crisp and deadpan; Asquith's direction is theatrical but not stagey.

victoria konigsberg

12Jun09

I saw the new american version of the Importance of Being Earnest starring reese witherspoon, rupert everet, and Colin Firth.. very funny adaption of Oscar wilde play..the singing is hilarious. I wonder if its the same with this Uk version??