Kathy Baker,
Maria Bello,
Emily Blunt,
Amy Brenneman,
Hugh Dancy
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Robin Swicord's adaptation of the novel The Jane Austen Book Club concerns a group of women and a man who meet regularly to discuss the works of the popular author, but soon discover their lives are p... read more
Directed by: Robin Swicord
Release Date: October 5, 2007
Keywords:
cute,
feel-good,
little,
pleasant,
jane austen,
austen book,
emily blunt,
book club,
Jane Austen ,
Emily Blunt ,
Hugh Dancy ,
Maria Bello
DVD Release Date: February 5, 2008
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May 19, 2012Interesting how six members of the book club's lives play out over six months - one month for each of Jane Austen's books. I had two problems - 1) the movie was too predictable and 2) I would probably have rated it one more star if I had actually read Austen's books. I've only ... read more
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December 9, 2010Much like an actual Austen novel, a group of women are changed by their relationships, defined by their sex, and smart as whips. Good for any Austen aficionado, or at least someone who's seen one of the adapted films.
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June 14, 2009This is a film filled with really well fleshed out characters but with a story that is a little bare. There is no real beginning and end to it but just a look into these peoples lives as they begin relationships that may last a life time.
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June 13, 2009Movie about a book club for 6 Jane Austen novels. The members of the club realise they have a lot in common with the characters in Jane Austen's books. Which helps them to make changes to their own relationships.
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November 23, 2008Better than I expected it to be. I have not read much of Jane Austen's stuff, (or especially liked what I did read), but I could still follow this one okay. Emily Blunt is excellent in this as an uptight French teacher - I liked the scenes between her and Kevin Zeger. I didn'... read more
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August 3, 2008really good film its funny and heart warming and you dont really need to know jane austin books to understand this movie!
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June 15, 2008Karen Joy Fowler's best selling tale of loss, heartbreak, confusion and pride bring together, over six months, six lives to form a book club discussing the works of Jane Austen (Emma, Pride & Prejudice, Persuasion and others). They're quite an interesting bunch... and they... read more
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June 3, 2008This movie was spectacular! It has all these little stories that inter-weave to create the big story. That's what makes it so great, it's like 4 stories in one and everyone was brilliant!
Critic Reviews
October 8, 2007
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
October 5, 2007
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Unlike so many chick flicks that celebrate female solidarity as a concept without ever making us feel it, The Jane Austen Book Club is convincingly feminist in a nonpolitical way. Full Review
October 4, 2007
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
The film has an undeniable, easygoing charm. Real life is seldom so pleasingly plotted, but then real life is what people go to movies like this to get away from. Full Review
October 4, 2007
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Leave it to the Godmother of Chick Lit to inspire the best chick picture in many an age. Full Review
September 28, 2007
Susan Walker, Toronto Star
The script might have slipped into caricature, as often the adaptations of Austen's novels have, but Swicord opts for characters in whom we might see ourselves. Full Review
September 28, 2007
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
The episodes roll by in smooth progression, and the talkiness has the round, impassioned tones of readers ignited by fiction. Full Review
September 28, 2007
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
The Jane Austen Book Club could be the start of a genre. Full Review
September 28, 2007
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
The acting ensemble is as colorful, and thorny, as a garden of Austen archetypes. Full Review
September 27, 2007
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Everyone is given their due and dignity in this funny, sexy, humanist film that, if it is a chick flick, gives the genre a good name. Full Review
September 26, 2007
Penny Walker, Arizona Republic
Despite its flaws, Book Club leaves viewers with that best result of Austen films: a wonderful ache to fall in love. It didn't pierce my soul, but it definitely lifted my spirits. Full Review
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