The Jane Austen Book Club

The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)

  • 65% of critics liked it
    (114 reviews)

  • 67% of users liked it
    (25,781 ratings)

Robin Swicord's adaptation of the novel The Jane Austen Book Club concerns a group of women and a man who meet regularly to discuss the works of the popular author, but soon discover their lives are playing out much like one of the author's fictional worlds. Among the members of the club are Sylvia… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 46 min.
Directed By
Robin Swicord
Written By
Robin Swicord
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
In Theaters
Oct 5, 2007 Wide
On DVD
Feb 5, 2008
Sony Pictures Classics

Critic Reviews

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    Worth attending.

  • Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press

    Unlike so many chick flicks that celebrate female solidarity as a concept without ever making us feel it, The Jane Austen Book Club is convincingly feminist in a nonpolitical way.

  • Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

    The film has an undeniable, easygoing charm. Real life is seldom so pleasingly plotted, but then real life is what people go to movies like this to get away from.

  • Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

    Leave it to the Godmother of Chick Lit to inspire the best chick picture in many an age.

  • Susan Walker, Toronto Star

    The script might have slipped into caricature, as often the adaptations of Austen's novels have, but Swicord opts for characters in whom we might see ourselves.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Red L


    Interesting how six members of the book club's lives play out over six months - one month for each of Jane Austen's books. I had two problems - 1) the movie was too predictable and 2) I would probably have rated it one more star if I had actually read Austen's books.… More

  • Spencer S


    Much like an actual Austen novel, a group of women are changed by their relationships, defined by their sex, and smart as whips. Good for any Austen aficionado, or at least someone who's seen one of the adapted films.

  • erika b


    I found this film so dumb. I found that the acting was not the best.

  • Jason S


    This is a film filled with really well fleshed out characters but with a story that is a little bare. There is no real beginning and end to it but just a look into these peoples lives as they begin relationships that may last a life time. All the actresses do great jobs with the… More

  • Candy R


    Movie about a book club for 6 Jane Austen novels. The members of the club realise they have a lot in common with the characters in Jane Austen's books. Which helps them to make changes to their own relationships.

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