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Name: Austenland
Released: 2013-8-16
Cast: Keri Russell, JJ Feild, Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Seymour, James Callis

Austenland

PG-13
1h 37m
2013

32%

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Jane Hayes’s (Keri Russell, TV’s “The Americans”) adoration of all things Jane Austen is complicating her love life: no real man can compare with the brooding and handsome character Mr. Darcy. Determined to be the heroine of her own story, Jane spends her life savings on a trip to Austenland, an eccentric resort in the English countryside where guests experience complete immersion in the Regency era. Armed with her bonnet, corset and needlepoint, Jane strives to avoid spinsterhood and meets two very different gentlemen… but has a difficult time determining where fantasy ends and real life—and maybe even love—begins. Jennifer Coolidge (Legally Blonde franchise), Jane Seymour (Wedding Crashers), JJ Feild (Captain America: The First Avenger) and Bret McKenzie (TV’s “The Flight of the Conchords”) also star in this charming romantic comedy based on the bestselling novel by Shannon Hale.

Director:

Jerusha Hess

Producer:

Meghan Hibbett, Stephenie Meyer, Gina Mingacci

Cast:

Keri Russell, JJ Feild, Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Seymour, James Callis, Georgia King, Bret McKenzie, Ricky Whittle

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

32%

Critics Consensus: Despite an intriguing premise and fine performances from a talented cast, Austenland succumbs to outworn romcom cliches and slapstick gags.

Reviews

Battleship Pretension

David Bax

Unfortunately, Hess and company weren't nearly as interested in Austen as they were in a thousand other boring romantic comedies.

This hallucinatory comedy boasts a fantastic level of originality.

December 3, 2020

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The Reader (Omaha, NE)

Ryan Syrek

If Austenland is supposed to criticize obsessive fandom, the ending makes no sense. If it isn't, the rest of the film makes no sense. And yet, the light, airy, innocent nature of it all is somehow pleasing enough

Instead of exploring some of the subtext of what's really going on here though, Hess rides the film into broad romantic territory.

Hess' bread and butter shines through; the silly, elastic facial expressions, the shameless pratfalls, witty exchanges, and Coolidge's golden one-liners kept me laughing all the way through and saved the experience from being a regrettable one.

April 12, 2019

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