Becoming Jane (2007)
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| Directed by | Julian Jarrold |
| Cast | Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Julie Walters, James Cromwell, Maggie Smith, Eleanor Methven and Ian Richardson |
| Theatrical Release | August 10, 2007 |
| DVD Release | February 12, 2008 |
| Running Time | 120 minutes |
| MPAA Rating | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| UPC Code | 786936731927 |
| Buy this item | $17.99 at Amazon.com As of May 14 0:48 EDT (details) 1 DVD, Buena Vista Home Video, Usually ships in 24 hours, AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Languages: English (Original Language), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed) Or 41 new from $17.50, 31 used from $8.83 |
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Average user review:
(133 reviews)
Beautiful movie. Cinematography and screenwriting are well done.My wife is an avid Jane Austen fan. She has EVERY book written by Jane Austen, and almost every Jane Austen DVD made. I bought this for Christmas for her, and I have come to greatly enjoy it, almost as much as she does. It is a beautiful story. It is a sweeping story, and it tears at your heart. It portrays Jane Austen as a woman of strong moral character, and does well to display the very real emotions that a person would experience in a life of situations such as hers. Well written. I would recommend this book to any man that wanted to buy a DVD for his wife, or girlfriend. May 11, 2008
Excellent!!!
It's just an excellent motion film. The research for this movie is very complete. Acting is just great, especially Anne Hathaway May 10, 2008
An Amiable Alternate Austen
This fictionalized account of a period in the young Jane Austen's life presents her as she might have written herself into one of her own novels. It is not unvarnished fact. The unvarnished facts of Austen's life are considerably sadder even than the somewhat melancholy portrait here. Even so, I found many charms to recommend this foray into the alternate Austen universe inspired by Jane's real life. Anne Hathaway uses her dark beauty and spiritedness to good effect, and is more winning here than in her sometimes grating and pouty turn in "The Devil Wears Prada". At 5'8" she stands a good 10 inches taller than the real Jane and has a contemporary glamor that reminds us that she is in fact, of our time, not the late 18th century. But she and James McAvoy achieve a quirky chemistry together and are well-matched as a couple. Julie Walters and James Cromwell comport themselves with the delightful fussbudgetry one would expect of Austenian parents; there are echoes of the Bennet family everywhere. Austen famously celebrated the relationship between sisters, and we can see the roots in her devotion to her elder sister Cassandra, who like Jane herself would remain unmarried throughout her life. The costumes and dancing scenes are brilliantly done, and Ireland standing in for Jane's England makes for a lush and breathtaking setting. Jane herself did not enjoy the happiness in love that she provides her heroines, but if you are a fan of anything Austen, this deserves a place on your movie shelf. May 7, 2008
Becoming Jane
Becoming Jane I love Jane Austen and this was supurb- I sign Jane Austen at every check out, how could I not LOVE this DVD. I have the DVDs of all of her novels, and this completes the story. I highly recommend it. May 2, 2008
Excellent movie
This is a very good movie. I couldn't wait for this movie to come out on DVD and when it did, I bought as soon as possible. I like period movies, this one was the best one so far because indeed it is about a person who actually wrote from her own experiences in her own life.
April 30, 2008