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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
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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.