
- HD 1080
- Runtime: 97m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: France, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Director: Oliver Parker
- Stars: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon, Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson
- keywords: new love, beguilement, country house, country estate, fake identity, relatives, victorian england, pleasure
- Production_studio: Ealing Studios, Miramax, Film Council, Fragile Films
- Slogan: Everybody Loves Ernest... But Nobody's Quite Sure Who He Really Is.
- providers: MGM Plus
- The The Importance of Being Earnest is featured in the top rankings of 2002
- #31 in Top Comedy Movies of 2002
- #28 in Top Romance Movies of 2002
- #93 in Top Drama Movies of 2002
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...