susan, susan, susan

The Importance of Being Earnest

[2002 version]

average rating: ★★★
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performance: ★★
screenplay: ★★★
plot/storyline: ★★★★
cinematography: ★★★★
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comedy


I don't know if it's because we already watched the '86 version before we watched this new one or not, but it was very disappointing. The actors, though we like practically all of them (Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon, Rupert Everett, Tom Wilkinson, Judi Dench) they really didn't quite capture your fancy as much as the old version. They were all rather flat and the characters were depicted in a less comical way. The dialogue was not nearly as fast, either, which was kind of a pity. What can be said for the entire film is that it had mostly the same screenplay, it was colorful (as in, it had lots of colors - green, blue...), and that we finally figured out just what kind of "muffins" they were referring to. In fact, the best part of the whole movie was the tussle over the muffins, I think.


{viewed for the first time, 12-30-07}
[poster courtesy of impawards.com]