In this adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play, two men bend the truth to put excitement into their lives. Worthing (Colin Firth) invents a brother, Ernest, whom he uses as an excuse to visit Gwendolyn (Frances O’Connor). Montcrief (Rupert Everett) uses... See more the same name when visiting Worthing’s young ward, Cecily (Reese Witherspoon). Mayhem and hilarity result.