Emma (2009)
Emma Woodhouse seems to be perfectly content, a loving father whom she cares for, friends, and a home. But Emma has a terrible habit - matchmaking. She cannot resist finding suitors for her friends, most of all Harriet Smith. Emma is desperate for Harriet to find happiness, but every suitor she finds for her friend ends up attracted to Emma herself. But is Emma so focused on Harriet's happiness that she is not considering her own happiness in love?
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I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
this isn't about the movie. this is about the person suggested it to me. besides its a wonderful romantic movie for most of the girls, I guaranty; i as a man can't stand wondering how beautiful i can see through a lively woman's eyes. thank you director. thank you my special subject.
Other viewers have commented this title much more competently; I come to merely express outrage. "Modern adaptation"? The modern thing about it is the characters yelling at each other; being not just mannerless but plainly rude to each other and thus violating (not adapting) the author. It is below Gambon to ever have been in this. I had to shut it off after a few minutes, because it hurt my ears more than the action film on the next channel. I have acquired the English language to some degree by watching screen adaptations of English literature - which made me fall in love with the language. This 'Emma' is not just a violation of Austen: it is a crippling of language AND culture. It is about as much a carrier of culture as your next Legally Blonde.
I have read everything Jane Austen wrote, and now I'm working on re-reading her novels, listening to audiobooks of them, and watching all the film adaptations. This version of Emma comes alive more than the other Emmas as well as some of the other titles.When I first started watching it, I didn't think Jonny Lee Miller was tall enough, handsome enough, or refined enough to be Mr. Knightley. But, by the time I had finished watching it, his tremendous acting skills had me falling in love with his Mr. Knightley. Who could resist him?Romola Garai also owns her role.Don't miss it.
I can only assume the BBC wanted to poke fun at Jane Austen. Take for instance the sound track. It seems to be saying here is a bunch of silly people in fancy dress performing a very trivial story by some hack called Jane Austen whose language needs updating. Hey wait, maybe we could turn Emma into a feminist tract or a sort of up market East Enders.Then there is Romola Garai. Is this woman an actress ? Then why does she think that every passing moment in which she is on camera must give rise to a repertory of facial expressions, contortions and horrible grimaces ? She is supposed to be Emma Woodhouse not a character in pantomime. Did she read the book ? Has she understood that Austen's wit is in the language ? We do not need facial expressions to help us get the irony. If Garai did read the book or watch the Paltrow version she certainly learned nothing.