Miss Austen Regrets (2008)

I love this movie so much

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

I don't like overly negative reviews, but I stayed up late to write this because I was so let down. I read the reviews and selected this extremely carefully. I'm a fan of period movies, a good story line, drama and clean, cute romances.What a disappointment!! The whole story was just about some immature, cheeky blond girl that is overly eager to marry any fellow that comes along. She and her aunt Austen, worry about being burdens to their families. Every time a guy comes along the movie doesn't spend any significant time on them, and suddenly disappears. Then some new guy comes along but then he's gone too. ??? They are all weird, eccentric or just plain jerks. The rest of the movie consists of Jane moping because she can't find the ideal husband.The only reason I gave it a 2 out of 10 is because I liked the costumes and pretty horses and estates. Nicely filmed, but most period movies are.If you enjoy cute romances like "Emma" or "Pride and Prejudice" or even the "Lost in Austen" series - you will really hate this movie. I don't know anything about Jane Austen's real life, but some even complained it wasn't wholly accurate. So I can't say this is for Jane Austen fans or anyone for that matter.There was no eye candy, no romance, and not even an interesting story. I suffered through the entire movie because I was hoping to redeem the precious time I had already wasted, by at least having a good ending. The ending is really abrupt and completely unsatisfying. Like the film makers just threw their hands up and gave up! Even though I'm an advocate of "clean" movies, this is not worth watching even once...

film about a legend, it is a serious work. her life is more than a picture. her work is more than portrait of a world. because the heart of pages, existence is the sacrifice. it is answer to many ordinaries questions. and beginning to a trip in essence of a society not more different by ours. basic virtue - excellent performance. the second - air of a time - mixture between honey and ash. so, if it is not accurate image about Jane Austen, it is realistic. seductive. and a real show of nuances. the regrets - only flowers of a way to understand life. a kind of lesson , idealistic, of course, but very important as subject of reflection. it is a necessary film in the middle of Jane Austen adaptations. because makes her human been more than a character writing about others characters.

In my opinion, the direction only brings out 25%-30% of miss Austin's real life where the rest is not justified for her of being the 'Best Cook' of the recipe of 'Love'. Definitely there should have been a point in her life that she regretted of not getting married, though It's not a factor for her struggle of bringing out romance in an era, where wealth became a factor. The way Jane Austin brought up 'Pride and prejudice', 'Sense and Sensibility', The persuasion' etc. give us a broader view on how a young woman should look for a partner apart from wealth. In her case, she was not in a situation but her effort on describing it was magnificent. Isolating her lengthy character, and by only focusing as a single movie apart from 'Becoming Jane', I think this is worth watch.

I really loved this movie. I have read a biography or two about Jane Austen and this movie seemed to me much more accurate than Becoming Jane. Olivia Williams gave a brilliant performance as Jane. I also liked Imogen Poots as Fanny. The actors who were her brothers Edward and Henry were good too. I really liked the guy who played Mr. Haden too.I have enjoyed this much more than the new adaptations of her novels on Masterpiece Theatre except for Northanger Abbey. Mansfield Park and Persuasion were OK but not great and I don't know how good Sense and Sensibility is going to be.