The Jane Austen Book Club
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Actor: Bello, Blunt, BrennemanBrand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 106 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-02-05
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Reviews of The Jane Austen Book Club
DVD Review: Funny and cute
Summary: 4 Stars
If you ever wanted to get a quick snapshot of most annoying things that happens in everyone's life, watch the start of the movie. It is so funny I could not stop giggling. But then the movie itself is just wonderful. It is smart and funny, it is all too human. There are so many characters but none feels neglected throughout the entire movie. Whoever wrote this screenplay was a smart person because no matter how long ago Jane Austen lived, her books are still affecting our moidern lives.
The usual happy ending is a dead give away that this is a chick flick. But with all the laughter, it is actualy the kind of movie I recommed to anyone seeking to relax.
DVD Review: ------Really enjoyable film-----
Summary: 4 Stars
I read this book several years ago and remembered enjoying it, but somehow, I missed the movie, that is until yesterday! I rented this and warned my husband, that he was welcome to escape if it was too much of a chick flick, but he stayed!!!
This film was a real treat. It involved a very good cast, including Amy Brenneman, Hugh Dancy, Kathy Baker, Maria Bello, and Jimmy Smits. It begins with a few friends who are fans of Jane Austen agreeing to start a book club of their favorite author's books. When a husband of one of the women leaves her, a friend decides to invite a handsome young man (Dancy) to join the group! She hopes that he will be of interest to the recently (Brenneman) jilted woman. He, however, has other plans, he joined to get to know Bello's character!
Of course, there's a lot of other scenarios going on, so there's a great deal of entertainment packed into this film!
What would Jane Austen think? I believe she would have enjoyed this take on her story!
DVD Review: Not what I expected
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie was not at all what I expected, by the end of the film I finally understood where they were going with the plot. It just seemed more of a romance movie type of film then a book club type of film.DVD Review: Letting books give us lessons about life!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
Great movie, good character development. I love the dialogue of those in the book club. Many times, books can be analyzed and in so doing, we can apply the lessons we learn to our own lives. No cars get blown up and no machine gun scenes, just important talk about life!!!DVD Review: I could watch it over and over again...
Summary: 5 Stars
The Jane Austen Book Club is one of those movies that I can watch over and over again and never get tired of it. It's funny, it's charming, it's romantic, and it makes you think about the people in your life and how you relate to them. You can relate to the characters in the movie--in fact, it's easy to find a little bit of yourself in all of the characters.
The script is minimal, but great, and the actors in the movie do a fantastic job of taking their dialogue and making it seem unscripted. And the chemistry between the members of the ensemble cast is to die for. By the end of the movie, you'll find that you've fallen in love with each and every one of the characters and you're emotionally invested in what happens to them.
The movie also has a phenomenal soundtrack, from the opening "New Shoes" by Paulo Nutini to "Getting Some Fun Out of Life", performed by Madeleine Peyroux. The cinematography is also great and makes you feel...cozy and warm.
I love everything about this movie, and I strongly recommend it to anyone who loves humor, romance, and, of course, Jane Austen!
Description of The Jane Austen Book Club
An all star cast joins acclaimed director/writer Robin Swicord (writer - Little Women, Memoirs of a Geisha) in this critically acclaimed film Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen, only to find their relationships - both old and new - begin to resemble 21st century versions of her novels. Stars Kathy Baker (Cider House Rules), Maria Bello (A History of Violence), Emily Blunt (Devil Wears Prada), Amy Brennemen (Juding Amy), Jimmy Smits (Star Wars Episodes 1-3).Lest there be any doubts about the ongoing relevance of the novels of Jane Austen, the charming Jane Austen Book Club will lay them to rest--with wit, sharp insight, and a wicked chuckle or three. Directed by the talented Robin Swicord, who adapted the book by Karen Joy Fowler (and also wrote the crackling screenplay for the 1994 version of Little Women), the film is a modern-day comedy of manners, with deeply felt emotions, repressed feelings, unquenched desire and embarrassing relatives--all staples of Austen works. The film centers on a group of six friends in Sacramento, Calif., who gather to distract themselves from loss (a newly dumped Sylvia, played with grace and quiet pain by Amy Brenneman), repressed disappointment (the prissy teacher Prudie, played by Emily Blunt), or a life of unrealized dreams (Jocelyn, played by Maria Bello, whose acting skills have gained great nuance, both in comedy and drama). All are devoted Austen fans, except the lone man, Grigg (Hugh Dancy, adorable and available, ladies), who has an ulterior motive for joining the chick-lit gang. As the months unfold, we learn about the relationships of all the members, and watch as elements of Austen's novels and characters pop up with enchanting regularity.
There's plenty of pride (Prudie), prejudice (Jocelyn), sense (Sylvia), and sensibility (Sylvia's daughter Allegra, headstrong and reckless in life and love, played by Maggie Grace)--and a fair amount of persuasion (Grigg and Sylvia's caddish ex, Daniel, a smooth Jimmy Smits). As the minuet of relationships and alliances unfolds over the months, the emotions are real and the leavening humor spot-on. About the only thing that doesn't ring true is seeing all these Sacramento women bundled up in shawls, blankets, thick sweaters and extra layers--even in July(!). Still, the film will engage even reluctant Austen readers (if there is such a thing). As Kathy Baker's Bernadette says gaily, "Jane Austen is the perfect antidote to life!" Elizabeth Bennett couldn't have put it better. --A.T. Hurley
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