Sense and Sensibility (BBC, 1981)
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Actor: Irene Richard, Tracey ChildsBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Stereo; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 226 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-08-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: E1683
Studio: BBC Worldwide
Movie Reviews of Sense and Sensibility (BBC, 1981)
Movie Review: Sure to have a cult following
Summary: 5 Stars
If this version of Jane Austen's novel about extraverted passion and sensible reserve doesnt gather a cult following, I shall eat my embroidery.
The positives.........aside from the assassination of Margaret Dashwood before the first rehearsal of the script, it stays faithful to the book, which for all us Austen fans is a relief. Clothing was good, sets acceptable, script not bad and thats where is ends.
From there on the cast in their attempt to wring every drip of "good performance and portrayal" have manged to make it a cross between a pantomine and the local amatuer players spoof.
Elinor Dashwood is so reserved and "sensible' that she looks emotionally constipated and needs a fire hose enema to get any movement out of her.
Marianne Dashwood in her attempt to be passionate behaves like a manic depressive drag queen with an with a throat infection and an accent that sounds as if she went too far rehearsing with marbles in her mouth.
Mrs Dashwood appears to take too much Valium whilst the love enduring Captain Brandon really does look like a lecherous old man hankering after a teenager......... well actually he was
Mrs Jennings has a thyroid condition,has taken speed and sniffed too much helium. Her daughter Charlotte need serious pychiatric help form her psychosis as she appears to be responsing to voices inside and outside of her head.
The makeup award doesn go the the artist who gave the very sick Margaret the appearance of looking possessed by the devil and good rival for Linda Blair in the Exorcist and Edward Ferris for he comb over.
All in all the extremes of personality portrayal make this a worthy candidate for the cost of the dvd and the time to watch do it with a group of friends . This one is here to stay........in fact I wish it was on the big screen with an audience dressed in costume
similiar to the days of the Rocky Horror Show years.
Summary of Sense and Sensibility (BBC, 1981)
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