An average movie

Even though I studied in English in College (I even got my master), I have actually never read Jane Austen (to be honest, I’m even more ashamed of the fact that I have never read William Shakespeare either). With this in mind, I wasn’t sure if I would really enjoy this flick but, even though the makers try to constantly convince you that it’s ok if you didn’t the read the books to actually enjoy this movie, I still have my doubt about this matter. So, I didn’t really love this flick but there were still many things to enjoy though. To start with, there was a very nice cast (Maria Bello, Emily Blunt, Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, Maggie Grace, Kevin Zegers, Marc Blucas, Hugh Dancy, Lynn Redgrave, Nancy Travis). Above all, I was very impressed by Emily Blunt who really stood out from the rest. Even though the way she patched things up with her husband was rather unexpected and not really satisfying, she still managed to give her character some extra dimension. I also liked how the relationship was developped between Hugh Dancy and Maria Bello but, since there was just too many sub-plots, there were all rather underdevelopped. To conlude, even though I thought it was rather flawed, it was still an interesting watch and I think it is worth a look, even more so if you are a fan of Jane Austen’s work.

6/10