Anne Hathaway,
James McAvoy,
Julie Walters,
James Cromwell,
Maggie Smith
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Events from the life of the author Jane Austen inspired this romantic historical drama, which speculates of a romance that may have had a significant impact on her life and work. Twenty-year-old Jane ... read more
Directed by: Julian Jarrold
Release Date: August 3, 2007
DVD Release Date: February 12, 2008
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June 4, 2011fb535316333For the most part it feels like I've seen this movie before, but I suppose there are only so many ways you can expect a romance with period-themes to unfold.
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March 28, 2011By no means am I a fan of Jane Austin's work, but I ended up really enjoying this and was surprised at how original its idea is. This doesn't spend the majority of its running time using inside jokes about Austin's work or make it about her work at all. This focuses on the life o... read more
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March 1, 2011A great movie but I wish that Jane & Tom would've ended up in the end. But great movie! :)
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June 20, 2010Ever wondered why Jane Austen wrote about courting but not marriage? Her own life was touched with unfulfilling love. She loved a man but he needed to marry for money and her family had none. Jane decided not to marry and earn her own living through writing novels which was unhea... read more
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March 5, 2010I wasn't expecting much to be honest but I was very pleasantly surprised! This is a gem, it's very underrated and by the looks of it overlooked and possibly misunderstood. The acting is good (Julie Walter's overacting is at a minimum), the script is brilliant (and keeping with th... read more
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August 4, 2008Actually, it was a sweet movie, really sweet movie... A love story of one of the greatest authoress in English, Jane Austen, that I will never though that it could be so interesting like this... But the weakness in this movie, which is also the supremacy, is the conversation they... read more
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July 19, 2008What a pain it was to grow up in the time of Jane Austin. All these rules around gender, class and wealth and having to learn complicated dances. Aren't we lucky we don't live in the late 18th century.
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June 6, 2008Although I know part of this is based in history for some reason I just never got into it. Maybe because the whiffs of Pride and Prejudice in the plot were too strong for me, instead of emphasising her inspiration it just seemed to make me compare it to the novel.
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February 28, 2008Pretty good take-off on the Austen formula. Besides, James McAvoy is adorable. He can't help it.
Critic Reviews
August 14, 2007
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
August 10, 2007
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Hathaway never makes us think the woman could write anything more complex than a diet book. Full Review
August 10, 2007
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
This never rises above a date movie, but it's functionally literate (the lovers have some pleasant banter about the realistic merits of Tom Jones) and features a fine supporting turn from Ian Richardson. Full Review
August 10, 2007
Christy Lemire, Associated Press
Becoming Jane becomes a rather ordinary, though sporadically entertaining, game of dress-up.
August 9, 2007
Joanne Kaufman, Wall Street Journal
Austen comes off here more as stenographer than writer. Full Review
August 7, 2007
David Ansen, Newsweek
The movie goes down easy, but there's a thin line here: is this an homage or a parasite?
August 6, 2007
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Clearly embraces the spirit of the beloved novelist. Full Review
August 6, 2007
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Once you admit that the Jane Austen depicted onscreen bears scant relation to any person named Jane Austen, living or dead, the film fulfills its purpose. Full Review
August 3, 2007
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
[McAvoy] and Hathaway simply aren't given much to do together, and they have two long hours to do it in. Screenwriters Kevin Hood and Sarah Williams seem reluctant to risk the ire of Austenites. Full Review
August 3, 2007
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
There's a lot to recommend Becoming Jane, particularly the performances. Hathaway does more than survive. If she doesn't seem like a literary genius, she at least seems like a worthy Austen heroine --... Full Review
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