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Date  Helpful Rating 0 out of 0 users found this helpful  Jane Austen VingettesPosted: 2/21/2008A review of The Jane Austen Book Club by angelicindy The Jane Austen Book Club is a delightful rendition and a tribute to the timelessness of Austen’s stories. Her stories are of the heart and this movie is a true reflection of heart. We loose nothing in the modernizing of each of her six books and find that the characters can connect to her stories as easily as we connect to them.
I was concerned about the ensemble cast because six people, six names, six faces, six backgrounds, six in-depth characters is a lot to pull off in a little over an hour and a half. The key to their success, I think, is actually the connectivity because not only to they connect to Austen's books, but they forge friendships to one another. As they mingle and converse especially during their book club, we get to see the layers of each character and this gives great weight (through both drama and comedy) to a so called chick-flick.
In short... I liked it. :) Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 0 users found this helpful  great human dramaPosted: 10/7/2007A review of The Jane Austen Book Club by Anonymous What an excellent movie! I convinced my dubious husband to come along and he grdugingly admitted he enjoyed it as well. The characters in the movie were thoroughly believable and not overplayed. Heavy emotional issues are handled but you do not end up feeling bogged down with the characters' self pity. There is a perfect blend of comedy and drama and the clever idea of having everyday life interwoven with the Austen novels was brilliant. Being a Jane Austen fan, I expected to at least enjoy the movie, but was surprised that I would want to go back and sit through it a second time right away. Austen wrote of human nature and that will never change. Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 0 users found this helpful  AUSTIN 316 FOR LIFE!Posted: 9/19/2007A review of The Jane Austen Book Club by Anonymous Hey everyone I have a great idea! Let's make a movie and call it a book! If you simply cannot get enough of Jene Austin, then I suggest either checking out her husbands Steve Austen's wresting films, or write a book and call it a movie. Mind you, it is better to call it a movie watching group than a book itself. Can you say all time low, perhaps we will have to deal with more sappy character who do nothing all day but complain about how they have even less to do than some other people, or that they cant get prince william to give them a second look.
I might have been able to enjoy this flick if Kiera Portman or Natalie Nightley had started ballroom dancing on top of a baby grand or maybe even given birth to Luke Skywalker, better yet have fallen in love with every pirate on the low oceans.
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