Becoming Jane

Buy This Item Becoming Jane by MIRAMAX  Available from Amazon  $17.99  on 8-27-2008     Anne 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.System Requirements:Running Time: 120 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/LOVE & ROMANCE Rating: PG UPC: 786936731927 Manufacturer No: 5410403 Reader Reviews As an avid Jane Austen fan, I'm always ready to see a new Austen adaptation. This one intrigued me because it's the first Austen biopic I can recall. I enjoyed it, but it does tend to engage in a lot of speculative fantasizing about Austen's life and loves. However, if you're willing to take it as an "Austen-inspired" romance, I think it's entertaining. For me James McAvoy's performance is really what drives this movie and makes it worth watching. His performance is assured, charming, boyish, sexy, and intelligent. The other enjoyable feature of the movie is all of the reliable English actors that populate the film in secondary roles. Maggie Smith and the late Ian Richardson turn in their usual impeccable performances. For me the disappointment in this movie is Anne Hathaway's (a) casting, and (b) performance. While her chemistry with McAvoy was undeniable, ultimately there was just no way I felt the girl on the screen was capable of brilliance...something essential for anyone playing Austen. (In fairness, that's partly a fault of the script.) Hathaway's English accent is passable most of the time, but there were times she was so soft spoken, I had to turn the volume way up to hear her. She would have been well served to take a course in elocution and diction.

Becoming Jane Available from Amazon Price: $17.99 Updated on 8-27-2008.

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