Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Hayleigh Joseph This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

m-kavakebi this isn't about the movie. this is about the person suggested it to me. besides its a wonderful romantic movie for most of the girls, I guaranty; i as a man can't stand wondering how beautiful i can see through a lively woman's eyes. thank you director. thank you my special subject.

ReganRebecca The thing about certain books is that they're so popular that they get adapted over and over again and so each generation has one that they think is the perfect version, usually the one they grew up with in childhood. For years for me that was the 1996 version of Emma with Gwyneth Paltrow as the titular heroine. Maybe 5 minutes into watching this version of Emma, my fickle heart had forgotten all about the Emma I grew up with, and I became a devotee of this version. Miniseries have the benefit of being longer, and thus have more room to include everything in the book, but what makes this so great isn't its fidelity to Austen's novel or the length. It's Romola Garai's performance as Emma which truly elevates the miniseries. I've long been a fan of hers, but she just effortlessly inhabits the role of Emma Woodhouse, making her a light- hearted sweet breath of fresh air. It's easily apparent how she would manage to charm her way into the hearts of everyone around her, and how her sweet nature masks some not so nice bad habits she's picked up along the way. Garai is supported by a wonderful cast including many English greats like Michael Gambon, Jodhi May, and of course Jonny Lee Miller as Emma's friend and eventual love interest Mr. Knightley (and while he too turns in a good performance and has great chemistry with Garai, I still prefer Jeremy Northam to Miller). But I digress! This is a great version of the miniseries to see if you are an Emma devotee, and if you are not and are simply mulling over which of the many versions to actually sit down and watch make sure its this one. You won't be disappointed.

insanity_is_fr33 As a fan of Jane Austen and in particular as a fan of Emma, I was quite excited when I heard of this BBC series (after seeing the brilliant adaptation of pride and prejudice starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth). However, Jane Austen fans, be warned!! This series was far from accurate to the book! The beginning, although also not a feature of the book, I found to be interesting as it builds up the connections of certain characters at an earlier period of time, however the continual exclusion of some of the most witty and entertaining passages of script written by Jane Austen made it almost unbearable to continue watching yet I stood strong. And not surprisingly this strength was tested again through the mix up of some characters roles (Mr John knightley examining and telling Emma about Mr Elton's attraction towards her, Mr Elton's immediately known attraction towards Emma with no hint of it being directed towards Harriet, and the poor choice for the role of Emma who seems too modern with common speech and lack of refinement) it was all very wrong! and so much pointless and horrible dialog was added in replace of Jane Austen's own words! I have to give it some credit for if I had not read the book previously I think I would have enjoyed it but as that is not the case, I'm left to say in the words of Mr knightley, a 'badly done Emma!!'

kaaber-2 not that there's anything the matter at all with the two 1996 versions of Austen's novel or their two Emmas, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Beckinsale, but I think that Romola Garai releases an Emma that's perfect: her obtuseness as far as the hearts of others are concerned is matched perfectly with the special kind of air-headed charm that Garai delivers (so very far from the sensible Cordelia she delivered in Ian McKellen's "King Lear"). Paltrow was beautiful, Beckinsale sweet, but Garai manages an Emma who seems unaffectedly oblivious to her own beauty and sweetness and only strives to do right by others – and fails. This appears to me to be the essence of the character that is the most fallible of Austen's heroines, with the possible exception of Catherine Morland in "Northanger Abbey." But apart from that, the scenes between Garai's Emma and Jonny Lee Miller's Mr. Knightley are electrifying. Especially their argument after Emma has talked Harriet Smith into rejecting Knightley's champion, Robert Martin. Miller's Knightley doesn't just correct Emma with a wish to render her a more blameless person – this Knightley truly enjoys his rows with Emma, without knowing it himself, of course: that clearly comes across.The fact that the Director O'Hanlon has been extremely aware of every opportunity of non-verbal communication where the camera studiously catches every frown, every half-smile, every twinkling of an eye makes this version a pure delight to watch from beginning to end.It's lovely.