Sense & Sensibility (with Miss Austen Regrets) (BBC TV 2008)
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Movie Reviews of Sense & Sensibility (with Miss Austen Regrets) (BBC TV 2008)
Movie Review: Sense & Sensibiltiy
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are a Jane Austen fan this is well worth it and well worth the purchase. The acting is great The only thing that could of been left out is the TV "Trailers"; when watching the DVD those could of been excludedMovie Review: Lovely
Summary: 4 Stars
The story was great. Mind you, not a good as the one with Emma Thompson, but so very close. A must see for anyone.Movie Review: A Wonderful Addition to my Jane Austen Library
Summary: 5 Stars
Whenever I'm feeling blue, all I need is a cup of tea and a good brittish period drama to help me escape. And I'm especially happy if it is a Jane Austen period drama. Although I have always loved the Emma Thompson version of Sense and Sensibility, I found this version to be just as worthy. Because of it's length, it's able to go into more depth and show different aspects of the story. It is well acted, beautiful and a wonderful escape for an afternoon.Movie Review: Miserable, dull, and tainted
Summary: 1 Stars
I desperately wanted to like this movie, and my $35.00 made me want to love it even more. Unfortunately, this version pales so much in comparison to the old Emma Thompson version, that I can't say I like almost anything about it. The entire tone of the movie is dark and miserable. This director treats Austen more like Bronte! Even Mrs. Jennings, who ought to have been the comic relief, is just dull and meddlesome. The entire cast is plain in appearance and dull in character. So much so, that as the scenes change it is difficult to remember what each character looks like! The actress playing Marianne is not a lovable romantic, but a brainless twit. Willoughby is not soft-spoken and charming, but an obvious womanizer. In whole, every character that Austen intended us to love is either too dull or too obvious for us to do so. As if all of that were not enough, the screen writer could not resist the urge to go against Austen's complex social code, and he resorts to inserting open class-warfare dialog. The tension between the Dashwoods and their step-sister Fanny was meant to be below the surface and entirely within the bounds of the Regency's facade of good manners, but the director has Mariann make an open speech in which she tells Fanny that she does deserve the house or the property. By breaking the "silence of hatred" she ruined entirely the suspense of the situation.
In all, I highly recommend that you buy the Emma Thompson version. The story is more cheerful, the characters more appealing, and the actors are top shelf!
Movie Review: Ooookaay . . . but a little on the melancholy side.
Summary: 3 Stars
I couldn't help compare this to the earlier version of Sense and Sensibility which won Emma Thompson an Oscar and starred Hugh Grant, Kate Winslet, Greg Wise, and a slew of other wonderful actors. Although the actors are much more age appropriate in this Masterpiece Theater version, I thought that the performances left something to be desired by comparison. I felt also that many scenes were played out almost identically to the earlier version, but with less success. The production all in all had a very melancholly feeling to it with very little to smile about. The portrayals of Willoughby, Marrianne, and Edward Ferrars were weak. The actor who played Edward was very similar to Hugh Grant, who played him in the old version, so much so that I even thought they looked alike. The only difference is that Hugh Grant came off as an awkward sometimes nervous but still likeable character with plenty of witty lines, while the new Edward simply seemed dull. Hardly the object for all of our women to be pining after. Willoughby simply didn't look enough the part for me, and Marrianne simply couldn't stand up to Kate Winslet's portrayal of the same character. With that said, there are still wonderful sets and a few characters from the book which had been ommitted from Emma Thompson's screenplay. And those characters added some color. As I said earlier, overall, the actors were much closer in age to the characters of the book. There were several scenes which were missing from the earlier one that were enjoyable in this new version. The main reason I bought this is because of the bonus feature "Miss Austen Regrets" which I enjoyed very much. Although I am sure a lot of it had to be invented, it covers only the last couple of years of Jane Austens life. The portrayal of Jane was exactly how I imagined the real Jane to be: smart, witty, independent of spirit, and trapped in a time when it wasn't convenient to be any of those things. It is short but definitly worth your time.