Sense and Sensibility Reviews

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Great book, beautiful film!

Posted : 1 year, 11 months ago on 7 May 2022 09:50

I love Jane Austen, and I love period dramas. This film, while a little too long, was perfect for me. I loved it when I first saw it a year ago, and I still love it now. Sense and Sensibility is a great book by Miss Austen, and this film does the book justice, in my personal opinion. The film looks gorgeous, the camera-work, the locations and the costumes. The script sparkled with wit, subtlety, romance and heartache, especially when Marianne goes out into the rain and gets herself ill. The music is lovely also. The performances were exceptional. Period-film veteran Emma Thompson is lovely here as Elinor Dashwood, and Kate Winslet matches her perfectly in a beautifully-blended portrayal of the tragic Marianne. As for the men, they were very good too. Hugh Grant was exceedingly charming as the male lead, and I have read many reviews criticising Alan Rickman's acting.(not on IMDb though) He may have been older than Miss Austen intended, he was very good also as Colonel Brandon, but not as good as the other three. His style of acting is very suave and charismatic, like Sean Connery and George Sanders. If you've seen him in Robin Hood:Prince of Thieves you'll know what I mean. All in all, a lovely film, maybe not the best period drama, but has plenty of elements that makes it truly memorable. 9/10 Bethany Cox

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A good movie

Posted : 9 years, 2 months ago on 4 February 2015 07:12

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back, I was quite eager to check it out again. In fact, even though I have studied English litterature in college, I have to confess that I have actually never read anything written by Jane Austen (in fact, l haven't even read anything from Shakespeare either which is even more shameful...). On the other hand, I have seen many movies adapted from her work and I have even seen such movies like 'Becoming Jane' and The Jane Austen Book Club'. Well, from all those adaptations, this movie definitely belongs to the most prestigious ones but, honestly, even though I did like it, I can’t say I was really blown away by the whole thing. I think it has more to do with my disdain for the genre (oh.. the terrible love issues of the upper class in England at the end of the 18th century) than with the actual quality of the movie itself. I mean, seriously, the whole thing was, in my opinion, pretty much a Victorian soap-opera but I guess it is basically an acquired taste. On the other hand, there is no deying that Ang Lee displayed once again his versatility and he directed here probably one of the best periode pieces I have seen. On top of that, the cast was really strong as well (Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman). Anyway, to conclude, even though I'm not a huge fan, it is still a good flick and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

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A very good classic

Posted : 10 years, 2 months ago on 8 February 2014 09:37

'Sense and Sensibility' is a very good classic, thanks to its interesting plot, solid acting (especially Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet), wonderful sets and costumes and some classic dialogue with Emma Thompson and Hugh Grant, it deserved its Oscar nominations (and also some wins)

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Sense and Sensibility review

Posted : 15 years, 7 months ago on 8 September 2008 08:02

The story of two sisters who are torn between marrying for love (sensibility) or money and position (sense) and how their choices don't exactly turn out the way they thought and hoped. A stunning and lavish adaptation of Jane Austen's book by Emma Thompson, who also starred. They take more than a few liberties with the source material but the result is one of the best movies ever made. This is my favourite Ang Lee movie.

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