Austenland

Austenland (2013)

  • 40% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 98% want to see it
    (111 ratings)

Twilight author Stephanie Meyer makes her first foray into film producing with this romantic comedy about a 30-something woman whose lifelong obsession with all things Jane Austen lead her to an eccentric theme park based on the author's writings, and into the company of a handsome young suitor.… More

PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Jerusha Hess
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
In Theaters
Aug 16, 2013 Limited
Sony Pictures Classics

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Harvey, 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.

  • Amanda Mae Meyncke, Film.com

    "Austenland" is as light and airy as a cream puff, and as entirely unfulfilling.

  • David D'Arcy, Screen International

    A costumed pageant and the wild spoof of a costumed pageant, Austenland is a clever romp for Jane Austen fans and for those who see Jane Austen mania as an infinitely expanding punchline.

  • Damon Wise, Guardian [UK]

    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.

  • Chris Bumbray, JoBlo's Movie Emporium

    Keri Russell is likable, but this feels like too conventional a rom-com for Sundance.

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