Armand
it is not impressive, coherent or serious. it seems be chaotic, silly, a form of improvisation. but it is far to be boring. and that is its small, significant virtue. because it is only a joke. ironic, hilarious, kitsch, absurd, pink, strange. a not complicated image of social relations, about show versus reality, in childish - kitsch manner. it propose characters not a good story. and it does a meritoriously job using perfect cast for its purpose. a comedy. not the best but useful for the status of strange mixture of Austen 's universe and slices of different contemporaries aspects. so, nice. or just hilarious.
tinuviel_mrv
For any Jane Austen fan, I think this film provides the ultimate fest. It is witty, fun and charming with lovely scenes, music, cast and great directing. I love the modernisation of the original story -spoiler- (as in the 'It's getting hot in here' scene) as well as the additions, like the gun-firing and saving the lady in distress under the rain scenes. -Spoiler- Plus, making Knobly a real-life character rather than an actor -as was the case in the novel- is well thought of. It raises the level of realism of the whole plot.I have read the book only recently, after watching the film and I think the director did a great job filling in the gaps of the novel. With her aid, the story became perfect which previously I think had many deficiencies in plot. Watch the film and I assure you, you won't regret it ;)
rhyous
I was looking to find a movie my wife would enjoy. I didn't care what we saw, as long as we saw something.I expected to be bored and to get an extra dose of cheesiness from this film.I laughed a fair amount, which was unexpected. Really, the juxtaposition of Jennifer Coolidge's (Miss Elizabeth Charming) humor with Keri Russell's (Jane Hayes) seriousness really made the show.The setting added to comedy and doubled up on the serious vs. funny contrast. Jane Seymour's (Mrs. Wattlesbrook) serious and very authentically snobby character in the absurd Austenland vacation spot, allowed for great emotional swings to humor.All in all, when you plan to be board and instead find yourself laughing plenty, you have to thank the writers and producers.
TxMike
I will admit I fell in love with Keri Russell when she was 20-ish playing a 20-ish young lady in the TV series "Felicity." To me she has as close to the perfect looks and personality that I could hope for in a young lady, and I have enjoyed all her roles. She is the reason I saw this one, now as a 30-something sort of pushing 40.Keri Russell plays Jane Hayes, a Jane Austen fan since she was quite young. In fact once we see her room, as her good friends observes she has become a Jane Austen addict. Plus, she is mostly poor and drives a Tercel.(As an aside, I drive a Tercel, mine is 19 years old and running strong. I found it humorous when near the end of the movie her friend advised her to buy her Tercel back, presumably she sold it to finance her trip depicted here.)The trip is to England to a getaway called "Austenland." There Jane Austen fans dress as Austen characters, meet various actors in various Austen characters, and spend a few days pretending they are in Austen's world.This wouldn't be a Rom-Com if there were no romance and that comes in the form of JJ Feild, and American actor playing a Brit who is playing Mr. Henry Nobley, sort of the Darcy character. Problem is he really does fall for her and she has trouble sorting that out, even when he follows her back home after the vacation is over.Jennifer Coolidge does her usual shtick as one of the vacationers, I can take her in small doses and had she been the featured character I would not have watched all of it. Oh, she is a good actress, but she is usually cast in these ultra goofy roles as here and I simply don't like them.Overall a somewhat dull and lifeless movie, I enjoyed it only for Keri Russell. Miss Elizabeth Charming
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