Synopsis
Obsessed with the BBC production of "Pride and Prejudice", a woman travels to a Jane Austen theme park in search for her perfect gentleman.
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Cast
- Keri RussellJane Hayes
- JJ FeildMr. Henry Nobley
- Bret McKenzieMartin
- Jennifer CoolidgeMiss Elizabeth Charming
- James CallisColonel Andrews
- Georgia KingLady Amelia Heartwright
- Rupert VansittartMr. Wattlesbrook
- Ricky WhittleCaptain East
- Jane SeymourMrs. Wattlesbrook
- Ayda FieldMolly
Recommendations
- 80
Village Voice
The ending is a bit of an audience-pleasing cop-out, a retreat into formula after 80 minutes or so of upending it. But those upendings are memorable, the cast dishy fun, and Jerusha Hess and Shannon Hale's breeze of a script (based on Hale's novel) is smart about the allure of fictional romances. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Hess gets her romance just grounded enough to handle the comic extremes supplied by the supporting cast. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
Austenland is kind of a one-joke movie, and the film's rhythm is a bit flaccid, but the joke, at least, has a twinge of wit. - 60
Film.com
Austenland is as light and airy as a cream puff, and as entirely unfulfilling. Fans of the book may find it amusing, but those looking for heartier romantic comedy fare would do well to look elsewhere. - 60
The Guardian
It is smart and surprisingly literate, its only downfall being in that, in riffing on the work of a very talented writer on the subject of men and women, its screenplay could have used a little more of Jane Austen's immaculate sense of storytelling. - 60
Time Out
The Napoleon Dynamite cowriter-turned-director should have applied her editorial eye more consistently; Coolidge and King especially are allowed to wander into mugging far too often and for far too long. - 50
The Playlist
There's no doubt Austen fans will find things to admire, but like the protagonist, you can’t help but leave Austenland feeling a bit unfulfilled. - 50
Variety
Austenland doesn’t really satirize Austen’s world (or fans) so much as use them as a pretext for a mixture of middling burlesque and routine romantic comedy.
