Ellen Musikant at 2013-11-06 11:49:01:
The reveal at the end of The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) is a hoot, but when I looked at it out of context - I realized it might not seem at all funny to an uninitiated viewer. I also looked at the same scene in the 1952 version of the film, and again it seems you need all the little pieces dropped in the plot for the reveal to work on its own. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOdizWKG4qk