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"The Importance of Being Earnest" quotes

The Importance of Being Earnest poster
In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.

Director: Oliver Parker
Writer: Oscar Wilde, Oliver Parker
Production: N/A
Genre: comedy, drama, romance
Year: 2002
MetaScore: 60/100
ImdbRating: 6.8
BoxOffice: $8,384,929
Released: 21 Jun 2002
Awards: 2 wins & 2 nominations

45 Clips

AlgyLady BracknellJackMiss PrismCecilyGwendolynLane
Bunbury - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:31 Bunbury I must say Algy I think it is high time - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:10 I must say Algy I think it is high time I do not approve of anything that tampers - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:27 I do not approve of anything that tampers I bet you anything half an hour after they've met - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:12 I bet you anything half an hour after they've met The good ended happily and the bad unhappily - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:07 The good ended happily and the bad unhappily What a lesson for him I trust he will profit by it - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:06 What a lesson for him I trust he will profit by it Lady Bracknell I hate to seem inquisitive - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:09 Lady Bracknell I hate to seem inquisitive Yes but why does your aunt call you her uncle - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:30 Yes but why does your aunt call you her uncle My own dear joy do you mean to say you couldn't love me - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:23 My own dear joy do you mean to say you couldn't love me You seem to be displaying signs of triviality - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:12 You seem to be displaying signs of triviality Algy you're always talking nonsense - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:06 Algy you're always talking nonsense The unfashionable side I thought there was something - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:20 The unfashionable side I thought there was something Thirty five is a very attractive age - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:12 Thirty five is a very attractive age The general was essentially a man of peace - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:07 The general was essentially a man of peace I adore you - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:27 I adore you True In matters of grave importance - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:07 True In matters of grave importance We've already missed five if not six trains - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:07 We've already missed five if not six trains You don't think there's any chance of Gwendolen becoming - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:13 You don't think there's any chance of Gwendolen... I'm sorry if we're a little late Algy - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:15 I'm sorry if we're a little late Algy Where questions of self sacrifice are concerned - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:05 Where questions of self sacrifice are concerned To lose one parent Mr Worthing - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:11 To lose one parent Mr Worthing Oh what a charming boy - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:08 Oh what a charming boy Did you hear what I was playing Lane - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:07 Did you hear what I was playing Lane I don't seem to care about anything anymore - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:22 I don't seem to care about anything anymore I really don't see what there is romantic about proposing - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:15 I really don't see what there is romantic about... Mr Worthing - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:08 Mr Worthing The only way to behave to a woman - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:07 The only way to behave to a woman You mustn't laugh at me darling - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:08 You mustn't laugh at me darling Good heavens I suppose a man - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:21 Good heavens I suppose a man Your Christian names are still an insuperable barrier - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:07 Your Christian names are still an insuperable barrier How you can sit there calmly eating muffins - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:15 How you can sit there calmly eating muffins I think your high notes - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:26 I think your high notes I've always been of opinion - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:37 I've always been of opinion Do you smoke - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:16 Do you smoke I must say Algy I think it is high time - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:08 I must say Algy I think it is high time This dignified silence seems to have produced - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:05 This dignified silence seems to have produced The fact is Lady Bracknell I said I had lost my parents - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:10 The fact is Lady Bracknell I said I had lost my parents Then a passionate celibacy - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:07 Then a passionate celibacy I do not know whether there's anything - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:18 I do not know whether there's anything By the first train on Monday morning - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:06 By the first train on Monday morning Indeed you are one of the most advanced - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:16 Indeed you are one of the most advanced I thought you'd like my little joke - The Importance of Being Earnest 00:10 I thought you'd like my little joke

Cast

Algy - Rupert Everett
Jack - Colin Firth
Gwendolen - Frances O'Connor
Cecily - Reese Witherspoon
Lady Bracknell - Judi Dench
All Cast