Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- France, United Kingdom, United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
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.
- new love
- beguilement
- country house
- country estate
- fake identity
- relatives
- victorian england
- pleasure
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Rupert Everett
Algernon “Algy” Moncrieff
Colin Firth
John “Jack” Worthing
Reese Witherspoon
Cecily Cardew
Judi Dench
Lady Bracknell
- Tom Wilkinson — Dr. Chasuble
- Frances O'Connor — Gwendolen Fairfax
- Anna Massey — Miss Laetitia Prism
- Edward Fox — Lane
- Patrick Godfrey — Merriman
- Charles Kay — Gribsby
- Marsha Fitzalan — Dowager
- Cyril Shaps — Pew Opener
- Finty Williams — Young Lady Bracknell
- Guy Bensley — Young Lord Bracknell
- Kiera Chaplin — Girl in Gambling Club
- Directed
- Oliver Parker
- Written
- Oliver Parker
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 516 ratings
- Studio
- Ealing Studios, Miramax, Fragile Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
