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ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

david-megginson Jane Austen's Fanny Price is a challenging character to understand: torn away from her family and socioeconomic sphere at 10, she loses all sense of self-worth, and shrinks into a profound insecurity where all she has to cling to are her middle-class moral values. The novel is the story of how those eventually prove stronger than the values of the rich family she's been pushed into. It would take a talented and sensitive filmmaker to bring her character to the screen.So these filmmakers didn't bother. Instead, they sent an Elizabeth Bennet clone to Mansfield: witty, vivacious, playful, and easy for the audience to like. The thing is, this isn't Pride and Prejudice, and the story and challenges no longer make any sense. I gave up after 20 minutes.I'll keep waiting for a good Mansfield Park movie. 3/10 for at least picking up (however clumsily and inaccurately) on Austen's subtle references to the slave trade.

sawphil Well, if you like to see half-naked bosoms (now called by more common names) with great frequency, here's your chance. The actors are quite attractive and right for their roles, but they're not given any substantial roles by the vapid and totally distorted script. It was made for people with very short attention spans, which is understandable. The world and the web are so full of distractions that very few probably have the patience to read Austen's novel, her most complex and longest and, in many literary critics' views, her greatest. Far inferior to Colin Firth's and Barbara Ehle's Pride and Prejudice or Emma Thompson's (scriptwriter) version of Sense and Sensibility. Kate Beckinsale and Mark Strong also produce fine characterizations in their performances in Emma.

littlebutterflygb-682-229678 How utterly annoying this film is for Austen fans. The writer/ director brings in a lesbian attraction between Fanny and Miss Crawford which is entirely out of context and far too many scenes between the two resort to lingering touches and embraces which give rise to much rolling of the eyes.There is also an element of loquaciousness from Sir Thomas which also spoils the story and shows Rozema to be ignorant of the historical context of both his and Miss Crawfords relationship with Fanny. Its all a shame really as the performances are good and the costumes and scenery delightful. Best avoided if you are an Austen fan.

kittijames This was one of my favourite Austen books, and least favourite period adaptations. The references to the period are all contradicted, and Fanny's character is quite changed and not for the better. I thought there was too much focus on the slavery angle which isn't a central theme in the book. Fanny is supposed to be a very timid, quiet girl, and her uncle kindly. Neither of these comes across in the film. Edward's straightforward romance with Fanny from the outset in this film is a mockery of the book which weaves a far more interesting and complicated story. The setting and scenery also seemed poorly thought out - Mansfield Park is described as an elegant, rich dwelling - and yet the walls are crumbling and the set looks cheap. I don't mind an adaptation that changes the story if it does it well, but all in all, I couldn't finish this movie as it was a offense to the book and a once-fantastic story.