4/10
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (2002). Oscar Wilde’s most famous play has been laboriously transposed to the small screen, with the unimaginative pairing of Colin Firth and Rupert Everett as the male leads, and the bizarre choice of Reese Witherpsoon as Cicely. I can’t help thinking that Wilde himself would have winced with boredom at such a mundane adaptation.
