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Becoming Jane

Becoming Jane (2007)

August. 10,2007
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7
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PG
| Drama Romance

A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.

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Linbeymusol
2007/08/10

Wonderful character development!

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Hottoceame
2007/08/11

The Age of Commercialism

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Nonureva
2007/08/12

Really Surprised!

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Glimmerubro
2007/08/13

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

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studioAT
2007/08/14

What with a similar film being made about Beatrix Potter not too long after/ before this film it seems a trend it emerging about the real life of beloved authors.With Anne Hathaway, Dame Maggie Smith and Julie Walters all involved you'd hope for a better film than what we actually get.Slow, dull and all in all not that entertaining, this film manages to provide us with information but seems to be lacking the fun in doing so.If you want to learn more about Austen I suggest you visit Bath instead. Or better still just read the novels. You can then draw your own conclusions about how Jane became Jane Austen.

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Ole Sandbaek Joergensen
2007/08/15

I remember seeing Pride and Prejudice many years ago, it is a beautiful film and I am told that the book is even more splendid. This film about the author behind that and other books in the genre is a very rich tale of love, class, nobles and the mob :)It takes place in the country and London, but mostly far away from anything, so the scenes are very vivid and full of color and natures brisk attitude. The acting is like taking them out of an old book and especially Anne Hathaway and James McAvoy do a splendid job, but the rest of the cast and crew have worked hard to make the personalities, with quirks, errors and lovely characteristics stand out.I was entertained, having read nothing of her works and knowing little about her other then the name, well I had nothing to cloud my impression.

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laura-petrescu
2007/08/16

I have to begin by saying that James McAvoy was mistakenly cast. He was supposed to be charming, handsome, a lady killer, a fighter, a lover. Indeed you cannot judge a book by it's cover, however you can certainly do so when someone tells you the book is green with yellow writing and what you see in front of you is a red book with purple writing ... You kind of notice that this isn't what it's supposed to be, right? So it is with McAvoy ... As for Anne Hathaway's portrayal of Jane Austen I consider it to be tolerable, even surprising at times, however the accent was absolutely terrible ... why is it that it's so easy for the British to fake American accents (look at Hugh Laurie in House) and yet it's obviously an ordeal for Americans to fake a British accent? That kind of unsettled me, the part with the accent I mean. Other than that it was alright.However, James McAvoy as the lead male character clearly drowns the more interesting parts of the movie ... No offense ...

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eagleeyedcritic
2007/08/17

This movie was a huge disappointment and was by far the worst movie about Jane Austen ever made.I saw someone defend in their review that they didn't have much historical information to base it on however that hardly excuses such a complete disregard for the time period and also for such poor writing when portraying such an amazing woman as Jane Austen. Even without a historical basis as to the romance it isn't hard to realize what a character Jane was by her writing.Another defense I saw in a review was the lack of a sex scene. I've seen numerous period pieces that do not have sex scenes and that has nothing to do with the movie not being sexy enough. The build up in other period pieces such as Persuasion or Pride and Prejudice... the restraint... these are common for the times and still lend a great sense of sexual tension... which is partially relieved when they finally kiss or confess their love. Sex isn't needed to get this point across. This movie lacked it all - there was no sexual tension, no chemistry... it was a big yawn in all ways.It is bleak, boring and depressing. They make out that the man she was interested in was much more than she ever was yet that isn't saying much as I found him anything but lovable. He is arrogant, a womanizer, etc... and she is bland and boring.The other inaccuracies in this movie are astounding. E.g. Her reaching for a kiss first and then asking if it were good enough? Please! This would never happen. Or showing her playing a man's sport with her pantaloons showing as she runs about. Her treating the man courting her so badly. There are many more - far too many to list.Save yourself the time and trouble and watch a movie worth watching such as one of Jane Austen's.

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