Becoming Jane
by Julian Jarrold
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Actor: Anne Hathaway, James Cromwell, James McAvoy, Julie Walters, Maggie SmithDirector: Julian Jarrold
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-02-12
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MIRAMAX
Movie Reviews of Becoming Jane
Movie Review: Not perfect, But there is much to like...
Summary: 4 Stars
First off this is a "speculative view" of Jane Austen's life based on the few small clues of her life & social circle that are left to us. So everyone out there who is having a fit over unsubstatiated claims should calm down. The producers never claim that they are making a factual biography.
Second the cast and the acting are all enjoyable. I have no problem whatsoever with Anne Hathaway playing a Brit, it might not be perfect but she does a superior performance to Gwennie Paltrow's absolutely brutal brit-impressions. James McAvoy is a lot of fun in this movie, but it is his facial expressions which convey the most. Together, he & miss Hathaway will literally break your heart! Most of us are aware that Jane Austen never married, going into the movie with that knowledge does not spare the viewer from sadness & disapointment.
As a fantasy of Ms. Austen's life the story, though not riviting is performed very well and is enjoyable. Not so enjoyable is, as several previous reviewers pointed out, the blatant sexuality and inneundo that pops in rather unexpectedly from time-to-time. As there is no real use for it, it is rather jarring and comes off as gratuitous and unnecessary.
Accept it for speculation & fantasy & you will enjoy yourself. Take it for fact and you will make yourself crazy. It is entirely up to you.
Summary of Becoming Jane
Like Moli?re, which was released in theaters around the same time, Becoming Jane isn't a conventional biopic. Instead, Julian Jarrold (White Teeth) expands on events from Jane Austen's life that may have shaped her fiction. To his credit, he doesn't stray too far from the facts. In 1795, 20-year-old Jane (Anne Hathaway with believable British accent) is an aspiring author. Her parents (Julie Walters and James Cromwell) married for love, and money is tight. They hope to see their youngest daughter make a more lucrative match, and there's a besotted local, Mr. Wisley (Laurence Fox, son of actor James Fox), who would be happy to oblige. Unfortunately, Jane isn't interested. Then, she meets brash law student Tom (The Last King of Scotland's James McAvoy), while he's staying with relatives in rural Hampshire. As in many Austen novels, it isn't love at first sight--but rather irritation. Just as affection begins to bloom, Tom has to return to London, and Wisley, whose financial prospects are superior, proposes. To complicate matters, Tom's uncle (Ian Richardson in his final performance) disapproves of the outspoken young lady just as much as Wisley's aunt (Maggie Smith, lending the proceedings some subtle humor). Had Austen penned the script, Tom and Wisley would be combined into one person, but life doesn't work that way--and nor does Becoming Jane. Though Jarrold's effort may not be as swoon-worthy as Joe Wright's Pride and Prejudice, it remains true to the spirit of the author's work. --Kathleen C. FennessyAnne Hathaway (The Devil Wears Prada, The Princess Diaries) gives a radiant performance as a young, love-struck Jane Austen in the witty and engaging romantic comedy Becoming Jane from Miramax Films. It s the untold romance that inspired the novels of one of the world s most celebrated authors. When the dashing Tom Lefroy (James McAvoy, The Last King Of Scotland), a reckless and penniless lawyer-to-be, enters Jane s life, he offends the emerging writer s sense and sensibility. Soon their clashing egos set off sparks that ignite a passionate romance and fuel Jane s dream of doing the unthinkable marrying for love. Becoming Jane, also starring the acclaimed Maggie Smith, James Cromwell and Julie Walters, is an enchanting and imaginative film you ll fall head over heels for
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