Emma
by Douglas McGrath
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Actor: Alan Cumming, Denys Hawthorne, Greta Scacchi, Gwyneth Paltrow, James CosmoDirector: Douglas McGrath
Brand: Disney
Writer: Douglas McGrath
Producer: Bob Weinstein
Producer: Donna Gigliotti
Producer: Donna Grey
Producer: Harvey Weinstein
Producer: Patrick Cassavetti
Writer: Jane Austen
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 121 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-01-05
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Miramax
Movie Reviews of Emma
Movie Review: Jane Austen's lesser greats
Summary: 2 Stars
A good/fair, viewable Austen story which doesn't quite fullfill its promise. It comes measurably short of "Pride & Prejudice", "Becoming Jane", "Persuasion","Mansfield Park", and other Jane Austen's stories, I do believe this Austen presentation, "Won't be your cup of Tea ?"
Summary of Emma
This delightfully fun and lighthearted comedy is based on the story that inspired the hit movie CLUELESS! Dazzling Gwyneth Paltrow (SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS) shines as EMMA, a mischievous young beauty who sets up her single friends. Funny thing is ... she's not very good at it! So when Emma tries to find a man for Harriet (Toni Collette -- THE SIXTH SENSE, ABOUT A BOY), she makes a hilariously tangled mess of everyone's lives. You'll enjoy all the comic confusion ... until Emma herself falls in love, finally freeing everyone from her outrageously misguided attempts at matchmaking.Most people didn't mind Gwyneth Paltrow's English accent in this charming, 1996 adaptation of Jane Austen's novel (which also inspired Clueless). But even if it doesn't sound quite right to you, there are plenty of authentic and wonderful Brit thespians in this film by screenwriter-turned-director Douglas McGrath (co-author of Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway), including Juliet Stevenson (Truly Madly Deeply), Alan Cumming (Buddy), Phyllida Law (Much Ado About Nothing), Ewan McGregor (the Scots star of Trainspotting), and Sophie Thompson, outstanding and finally heartbreaking as the chattering Miss Bates. Paltrow plays Austen's benign busybody, Emma Woodhouse--so busy trying to arrange the lives of others that she is sidestepping her own. McGrath brings a kind of pretty and light touch to the production, his best move the wise delegation of creative authority to the actors themselves. --Tom Keogh
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