Not For Everyone

Based on the possible romance between Jane Austen and Thomas Lefroy, it is the story of two young people who have preconceived ideas of each other and their difficult positions in society. It was an interesting movie, and I appreciated the fact that it was a very intelligent movie. Some of the language and phrasing was unfamiliar to me...unlike the recent versions of her books made into movies where everything was brought up to todays language. And that there were many occasions where the usual movie would have gone one way (for dramatic effect or for a laugh) and this movie didn't go that way. I also thought the costuming and sets were nicely done and probably more accurate than most current period pieces. They frequently looked a little scruffy, and a little less washed than is todays standard. The exception being Ms. Hathaway who always looked much too startlingly beautiful and clean for those around her. I personally had problems with the accents, or the lack thereof. They had the lightest of English accents, to the point of no accent. And I had never seen McAvoy's character was supposed to be Irish, but had no accent, accept when his own true Scottish accent slipped out on occasion (and I'd never seen him before, so I didn't know he was Scottish). All in all I enjoyed it, but couldn't recommend it to the general public, only to people who seriously like period pieces.

6/10