Is there anyone who didn't like it?

I didn't like it very much either. I've read most of Austen's books (not all of them, but the majority, I believe) and I simply couldn't see much resemblance in the characters - or, if I did, I apparently often saw different ones than the film intended them to be.
It seemed to me that none of the characters got as much "room" as they deserved - that if this film were to work properly, it'd have to be much longer. Or perhaps there simply wasn't enough backstory built up for them before they started the book club, so in the beginning the parallels they were hinting at didn't make sense to me. It got better later in the film, sort of, but the first half was rather lost on me.
And yes, there wasn't as much Austen discussion as I hoped there would be...

It made me think I should read The Mystery of Udolpho, though. I think I'm going to, if I can ever get it.


"There is Robinson, alone on lone island - but they will marry."

I found the film mildly entertaining with unbelievable characterizations. No guy would act like Grigg did and Allegra was expendable. Maria Bello is always obvious in her acting. I thought Blunt the most interesting but her husband and her would never be a couple as they had nothing in common.

I thought it was obnoxious, predictable, contrived, unreal. In spite of a lot of good performances, I couldn't stop squirming. Whenever a character's story got compelling, it was ruined - e.g., Maria Bello's sudden changes in her attitude toward Grigg; Prudie's reasonable frustration at the beginning turning into that insupportable flirtation with a student. Also thought Emily Blunt, who I usually admire, overacted insufferably but think this could have been the director's flaw. Lynn Redgrave's character was the only one who promised a real story with depth, and that disappeared all too fast & conveniently. I was going to rate it the movie a 5 or 6 and then when I watched the extras, including an interview with the director, I kept losing respect for the choices she made so I ended up giving it a 3.

I don't think Prudies husband was the problem.... it was her, she has to be the most annoying character in a movie TV show that I have ever hated with my whole heart {2nd chracter I can't stand is that nitwit on person of interest the blonde who acts like shes high on drugs all the time babbling about how samaritan is always speaking to her... no NITWIT it's the voices in your head I wish every episode they would kill her} anyway back to Prudie she was the problem he should have threw her off a bridge the first chance he got. shes an ungratful witch. instead of getting her mother the help she needed she threw her out of the house why invite her if you despise her so much...😬😬







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