EssenceStory
Well Deserved Praise
ShangLuda
Admirable film.
Lucia Ayala
It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
Cristal
The movie really just wants to entertain people.
HugglesTheTrees
I first got to see this movie when it appeared on television, I personally found it a cute little flick. I know most people would feel that this movie is a bad screen adaption...but it is not meant to follow the book directly. If it had been meant to be it would would have been taken in a way more serious direction and it would have been like every other movie that used Jane Austen's book as it's premises.Yet, like every movie it has it's short comings, I for one, think that it lacked in substance at certain points and didn't always flow right and the acting, at times could come off as sub-par at a few points. But all in all I found it a good movie over-all.I rated this book a 9/10 due to its creativity and sheer adorableness.
linkinparker02-1
This movie does nothing to credit Jane Austen's literary genius, regardless of whether its adaptation was meant to reflect a comedy more so than the classic romance. Perhaps most tedious of all was the complete lack of chemistry between the lead characters. Also ever present was a level of acting that made high school students look like Oscar contenders. A film like this either works or it doesn't, and this one only left me wishing I was watching Joe Wright's version of Pride & Prejudice (2005). While it attempts to follow in the footsteps of films like Clueless (1995) with its comedic take on Jane Austen's "Emma", it falls completely short of expectation.
swisscheeeeeez
There are a great many negative comments on this movie, mostly by people who seem to abhor the very idea of it. Well, that's their prerogative. But is it really that dreadful? Ought an Austen-lover to scream in horror, and then flee in disgust? Is it truly a horrid idea, one that ought never to have seen the light of cinema?NO! It's not sacrilege; it's fun, and rather hilarious in bits, and perhaps a little silly. As much could be said, perhaps, of a great many other interpretations of the story. As someone who is a great admirer of the Great Author Austen, I am a little surprised by the violent reaction of my fellow devotees. But since all the less-than-brilliant aspects have been expounded upon at length, let us mention the better ones.1) the cinematography. Quite amazing.2) the characterizations. One truly does dislike Mr. Darcy in the beginning, as one ought. Kitty and Lydia are properly silly, Lizzy a little impetuous. And Mr. Bingley, while perhaps a tad more dense than the original, certainly has the same sort of personality. And Mr. Collins is astoundingly perfect. 3) the screenplay. It isn't MEANT to be what Austen wrote; it's how things might happen now. And it's done hilariously, particularly the small ironic bits frequently thrown in.
laurraine
As a fan of Jane Austen, I found this movie interesting in an intellectual way. It's very clever in the way it has translated Austen's characters to modern-day Mormon society.The problem with the movie is that it is not at all emotionally engaging. The characters don't seem like real people. Rather they seem like caricatures. This is a cartoon more than a serious film.Still it is entertaining as far as it goes. I tend to be a completist as far as Jane Austen goes, so I will go pretty far out of my way to see any treatment inspired by her works.I think the filmmakers had the right idea. Jane Austen makes fun of her society, and this film makes fun of modern-day Mormon society. However, while Jane Austen succeeded in making her characters sympathetic and real, the filmmakers have failed in that respect.With these caveats in mind, I recommend the movie to all Jane Austen completists. Even if you don't care for the movie at all, I think you need to see it.
