Very well writen, well acted fun movie
Added 11/16/2009
This movie is an in-depth look at the lessons learned from the novels of Jane Austen, and how they apply to modern relationships.
Each of the characters in the book club has unique relationship needs. As they discuss the different books, they grow and mature in their personal situations. This movie would appear to be targeted to women, however anybody who enjoys good dialogue in a movie will enjoy this film.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
|
jane austen book club
Added 9/5/2009
too long - found it quite boring- the feature on Jane was more interesting than the movie itself
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
|
This is a GREAT popcorn film!!!
Added 9/3/2009
This film is what you want to see on a rainy Saturday afternoon. It has both romantic and a moral dilemma. With the echoing refrain," what would Jane do?" The characters are likable, understandable, and truly human. Everyone grows, while watching friends both old and new life's intertwine; interact, and change. Power on!!!!!
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
|
Better than the book
Added 8/16/2009
So often people who watch films based upon books are disappointed. This is not the case. I love this film...the book is trash.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
|
Sacramento the Woody Allen Way
Added 7/6/2009
The Jane Austen Book Club is great fun, but I can't imagine people who don't know Austen's work getting into it all that much.
Even I, who know five of the six novels pretty well, got a little lost when it was time for the characters to talk about Northanger Abbey, which I haven't read in eons. Oh well, that's maybe the most fun part of the movie, when Maria Bello starts really feeling jealous of Hugh Dancy's interest in Amy Brenneman.
It was sort of a dumb picture, but how dumb could it be when heaping ladlesfull of Austeniana were dripped all over us every few minutes. We sat there mouths open while the characters tore a new one out of the Patricia Rozema film of Mansfield Park, the one with Harold Pinter in it, and maybe felt a little intellectually superior because we knew what they were talking about.
I did get thrown for a loop when Emily Blunt, feeling the pain of having crazy Lynn Redgrave for a mom, and feeling slighted by her husband Marc Blucas, starts crushing out on Kevin Zegers who is supposed to be in high school. Okay, so in real life he's 25 and probably no older than Emily Blunt, it still feels wrong somehow and yet no one has the nerve to tell her, this is messed up Prudie! Casting Zegers as a high school boy is like casting Maggie Grace as Liam Neeson's 16 year old daughter in TAKEN. It's so badly calculated there's something magical about it. Why didn't they get Brad Pitt? Too expensive I suppose.
Instead they made do with NYPD BLUE alumni and you know what, they worked just fine. Jimmy Smits hasn't missed out on many meals I'm glad to say, while Amy Brenneman looks even more beautiful here than she did the first time we all fell in love with her on the show.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
|
