![]() Even the period environment was stumbling and stiff. I don't know if it was budget over directing but, this was a disappointing movie-fication of a book. It wasn't as interesting as that may sound either. Director Stillman just had the book read to us by actors. You read a book, and you know you're reading a book. The presentation just plain left it all in the book. The Jane Austin story of relationships and status and morality was interesting enough. As we walked out, I said to my wife, Downton Abbey left a pretty high bar for period pieces. Instead of building the story via scenes and acting and playing out the idea and letting the audience think and work out the connections.leave a little to figure out if you got it right or not, Beckinsale's character basically narrarated everything that was going on. It's like they assumed you understood some things but, needed to explain the bulk of the story via Lady Susan. Not sure if they didn't know how to build the character backgrounds and cultural implications into an hour and a half-ish flick or what.
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