Mansfield Park (1998)
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76% of critics liked it
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76% of users liked it
(21,339 ratings)
Freely adapted from a novel by Jane Austen, this period drama is set in the early 1800s, as a girl named Fanny (Hannah Taylor Gordon) is being raised by loving but desperately poor parents. Wanting a better life for Fanny, they send her away to live with her aunts, high-minded Mrs. Norris (Sheila… More Freely adapted from a novel by Jane Austen, this period drama is set in the early 1800s, as a girl named Fanny (Hannah Taylor Gordon) is being raised by loving but desperately poor parents. Wanting a better life for Fanny, they send her away to live with her aunts, high-minded Mrs. Norris (Sheila Gish) and drug-addicted Lady Bertram (Lindsay Duncan), who share an estate called Mansfield Park. Fanny joins the family at Mansfield Park, which includes Lady Bertram's husband Sir Thomas (Harold Pinter), who made his money in slaves and West Indian plantations; Sir Thomas's son Tom (James Purefoy), an alcoholic; Tom's intelligent younger brother Edmund (Jonny Lee Miller); and his two sisters, Julia (Justine Waddell) and Maria (Victoria Hamilton). Fanny soon makes friends with Edmund, though she's shown little respect by the rest of the family. In time, Fanny grows to adulthood (now played by Frances O'Connor) and gains skill and poise as a horsewoman while developing her skills as an author. When the stylish but secretive siblings Henry and Mary Crawford (Alassandro Nivola and Embeth Davidtz) arrive at Mansfield Park, romantic sparks begin to fly; the two sisters fight over Henry, while Mary is soon engaged to wed Edmund -- to the disappointment of Fanny, who has fallen in love with him. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Patricia Rozema
- Written By
- Patricia Rozema, Jane Austen
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Nov 24, 1999 Limited
- Studio
- Miramax
Critic Reviews
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Louis B. Parks, Houston Chronicle
While this version plays somewhat fast and loose with the original story, and even more so with the heroine's character, it is still much more Jane Austen than not.
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Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
This Mansfield Park becomes a kind of romanticized gloss -- an imaginative grad-student thesis that melds author and character.
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Jay Carr, Boston Globe
Patricia Rozema's Mansfield Park continues Jane Austen's winning streak on film.
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Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Spins the most interesting modern re-interpretation of the Austen canon.
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Nell Minow, Common Sense Media
Wonderful book adaptation with strong female character.
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Cast
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Frances O'Connor
as Fanny Price
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Jonny Lee Miller
as Edmund Bertram
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Alessandro Nivola
as Henry Crawford
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Embeth Davidtz
as Mary Crawford
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Harold Pinter
as Sir Thomas Bertram
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Lindsay Duncan
as Lady Bertram, Mrs.Price
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Sheila Gish
as Mrs. Norris
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James Purefoy
as Tom Bertram
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Hugh Bonneville
as Mr. Rushworth
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Justine Waddell
as Julia Bertram
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Victoria Hamilton
as Maria Bertram
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Sophia Myles
as Susan
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Hilton McRae
as Mr. Price
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Hannah Taylor-Gordon
as Young Fanny
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Charles Edwards
as Yates
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Anna Popplewell
as Betsey
