Wednesday 22 July 2015

Austenland (2013) 7/10

Starring : Keri Russell, JJ Feild, Brett McKenzie, Jennifer Coolidge, James Callis, Jane Seymour
Director : Jerusha Hess
Running Time : 97 mins

Jane Hayes (Russell) is fanatical about everything related to the world of Jane Austen, especially when it comes to Colin Firth’s portrayal of Mr Darcy. So, when she hears about an English resort with an Austen theme, she cashes in her life savings to make the trip of a lifetime.

On first inspection this might feel like a silly, flighty chick flick with little or no redeemable quality, but if you watch it with your tongue firmly in your cheek you might find that the over the top performances and silly situations are perfect for such a theme resort. If you’re like me, you will watch this almost to the end hoping that the obvious doesn’t happen, and although it does there is a point in the film where the conclusion stops being the obvious one. Girls will thoroughly enjoy this movie, and if they give it a chance boys might quite like it too.

You’ll like this if you liked : The Jane Austen Book Club



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