Terrific screenwriting all round, I'd say! I especially loved all the biblical stuff that they put in, as Austen's father was a clergyman and I think she would have appreciated the way it was used. And I thought it was very true to Austen, though not all the lines seemed to come from the story itself, they were perfectly on point. There is nothing profound about it, but it is deeply enjoyable. It is much more Georgian than Austen's other works, and much more youthful. They just switched the name.)Įssentially, the show is a hilarious serious of nonsense and witty lines, in beautiful costumes and ancient houses, with ridiculous characters and a whole lot of scheming. Love and Friendship is a different story. (By the way, the novella is called Lady Susan, in case you are confused. I went back and read the novella, just to be sure my recollection was correct. I don't expect everything to be to my taste, and I don't expect everyone to like the same things I do, but I do want things to be what they purport to be. So often, I have an idea of what something is or will be, and then it just doesn't deliver on its promise. This is my idea of the highest compliment. So I don't know what other people are saying about this movie, but what I have to say is that, in a nutshell, it DELIVERS. I never read reviews before I watch movies or read books, because it colours my opinions.

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