Becoming Jane

    Becoming Jane
    2007

    Synopsis

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

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    Cast

    • Anne HathawayJane Austen
    • James McAvoyTom Lefroy
    • Julie WaltersMrs. Austen
    • James CromwellMr. Austen
    • Maggie SmithLady Gresham
    • Joe AndersonHenry Austen
    • Lucy CohuEliza de Feuillide
    • Laurence FoxMr. Wisley
    • Ian RichardsonRichter Langlois
    • Anna Maxwell MartinCassandra Austen

    Recommandations

    • 80

      Variety

      An ersatz "Pride and Prejudice" in all but name, Becoming Jane is a finely tooled Brit-lit costumer that, like Anne Hathaway's flawless accent as the young Austen, lacks only that final convincing 5%.
    • 75

      Entertainment Weekly

      Becoming Jane has a burnished feminine sadness, and the director, Julian Jarrold, gives it a creamy-dark visual flow.
    • 67

      Christian Science Monitor

      It's movie-making as match-making.
    • 67

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer

      It's an enjoyable period romance. Yet, ultimately, the unique magic of Austen so beautifully caught in 1996's "Emma" is missing.
    • 63

      ReelViews

      There are enough similarities between the movie and "Pride and Prejudice" that one could be forgiven thinking this screenplay is Austen lite.
    • 60

      Village Voice

      Becoming Jane turns into a presentable Harlequin romance, with hurdle after hurdle succeeded by an eleventh-hour turnaround.
    • 50

      New York Magazine (Vulture)

      A bearable period chick flick with a self-congratulatory “realistic” conceit.
    • 50

      Chicago Tribune

      The solid cast and honest Austen scholarship make Becoming Jane fitfully entertaining. But it's hard for the film to escape the shadow of Austen's superior talent when it filches so much from her books.

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