Alessandro Nivola, Embeth Davidtz, Frances O'Connor
At the age of ten, Fanny Price is sent to live with wealthy relatives in Northampton Shire, leaving her impoverished family behind in Portsmouth. She has always known her debt of gratitude towards he...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 11, 2000
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October 23, 2009I thought this movie was really good! It wasn't too stuffy at all, like some of the movies from this time period can be. Good acting as well!
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April 19, 2009Call me a prude and traditionalist, but sex doesn't belong in a Jane Austen adaptation. The atmosphere is not right for it. Leave the sexualisation of Austen to erotica novelists, Miss Rozema.
I don't support the decision of focusing on the slavery too much either. It's about th...( read more) -
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November 16, 2007This was a really great adaptation..and had a great cast. It was good to see Johnny Lee Miller again. I would recommend watching Sense & Sensability though..it is a bit better.
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September 12, 2009Someone who knows Jane Austen's life and has also an experience of her books or the movies based on them ,can realise one thing for sure , that her novels also are based on her own life ,somehow . But this movie has more realistic elements of her season .Also has more action than...( read more)
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September 5, 2009I have never read the book so I can't compare the movie to that, but I did enjoy the movie. At the beginning it was hard to get into the story because I was having a hard time with following the characters and getting the relationships straight. Once I figured out how everyone co...( read more)
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August 13, 2009Really liked it; like the bit about music in church and quotes: drop an involuntary tear and leave the room (man); there are worse things than a life of compassion and comtemplation
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Critic Reviews
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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December 29, 2007Could someone tell me if they find a torrent of this? I looked all day already. I dont usually download movies but they dont have this at any of the three video stores in my town.
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