I knew a guy who looked just like Edmund in High school, and I was absolutely in love with him. He was quite the gentleman, but so awkward and quiet. He was wonderful. This movie makes me smile because of him
don't know what to make of the costumes.. some of them seem to be cut way to low to be regency and it's not just on the elder women, yet other costumes really look regency. And the men wears perfectly fine regency clothing, yet if it had been 1790-1795 they would still have worn wigs. And Fanny walking around with her hair flowing like it was 2012.. Argh what a pain!
Mariah's choices were completely justified. What Jane Austen speaks of in her novels, which is constantly taken rather lightheartedly, is that women in her era had nothing to their entitlement. They were expected to raise themselves by marriage, which was a means for them to achieve status and security. Not every woman in Georgian-Regency England could afford to be romantic, take for instance Jane Austen herself.
@RushTheSilver on the contrary, Jane Austen was quite "romantic" in her life choices, calling of an engagement (albeit a very short one) because she felt she did not love the man enough to marry him, despite his wealth and establishment.
@Jeno404 Who exactly are you referring to as Klaus? The actor playing Tom Bertram is James D'Arcy. The actor playing Henry Crawford is Joseph Beattie. The actor who plays Klaus in TVD is Joseph Morgan.
I read the books and really didn't like Edmund at all throughout it, I felt like Fanny deserved better. Even at the end he was so obsessed with himself. He constantly threw his relationship with Miss Crawford in Fanny's face and always talked about his own feelings.
The problem with Edmund, like most guys, is he's intrigued with the "new, unknown" girl, someone different from everyone he has known. The familiar, "good" girl holds no fascination for him until he later sees the contrast.
I haven't read the books, but I'm really not liking Edmund. Hopefully it'll be like Mr. Darcy and he'll redeem himself towards the end... but now he just seems so... influenced!
@nerdishh In way yes he was influenced.. but you might also call it that he was blinded by love. Mrs. Rushworth knew that he was interested in her, so she thinks that she can munipulate Edmund.
Fanny is too spirited and doesn't suit the Fanny in the book...........im really disappointed, because i expect more of any adaptations of Jane Austen's works. i've watched a little of the 1999 version of Mansfield Park and i was also a bit disappointed. in my opinion, they need a better adaptation. oh well, thank for posting this though. i still like it, but i'd much recommend the book than any of the movies, but i still need to see the tv series of MP, im sure it's a lot better.
@Ub3lBlatt While I agree that this nor the 1999 are very accurate, I think they did what was best considering. In the book Fanny was so understated and overlooked that she was hardly the main character in the way we think of today. So in order for it to translate it makes sense to make the character a bit stronger and bolder. Though it's far from perfect.
@Ub3lBlatt I hated the book because Fanny was such a boring character. The only reason I can sit through this film is because she's been given more personality.
Did anyone else notice how Mrs. Norris moved the salt shaker to the other side of her, kind of like, "Stop playing with that thing"? Lol, I was amused...
This version is ridiculous. Fanny's hair is so anachronistic that it's like they thought we were just stupid and wouldn't notice something THAT out of place.
@urbanr0cker I think they believed that we would all realise that this is a modern movie. Whether her hair doesn't suit that time is irrelevant, because she isn't in that time.
i like the 1999 version soooo much better. this one is way too dramatic and over the top- i feel like im watching the soap opera version of mansfield park.
Yes, it really was, it showed that you were "virtous" and chaste. You can imagine it much like a muslim headscarf: a decent woman would never be seen out of house without something on her head. Ball were an exception, of course and you would take it off inside.
I don't think so. Austen very seldom provides physical descriptions. She is interested only in character, and even character she rarely describes, leaving dialogue to do that work, and brilliantly.
@JoDeveau On the contrary I thought Julia was well explained. She feels slighted by Henry, which makes her angry with her sister Maria. She reconciles somewhat with Maria after they are both slighted, but never deeply loves her. They travel together, but when Maria gets too scandalous, Julia leaves to get away from her and ends up eloping. She's always petty and jealous, but has a decent soul in the end.
I always read Fanny as more of a solemn type person. She was the downer. She was the one to spoil the fun, never indulge, even with the children. Also, for such a long book as Mansfield Park is, this is going rather too quickly.
Fanny wears some older clothes because she has less status. Her aunt and uncle wouldn't want to pay for her to dress stylishly. For the old women, they were probably scandalized by the relatively free clothing of the Regency era so stuck to the old style.
i think Billie might have looked sweet with her hair in a proper style of the time, and it bugs me that it's not.. it's very distracting.. but i think they left it looser and wild to show how
little they care for her as their charge.. she's just left to run wild and be childish instead of trying to make a proper young lady out of her. but it's still really annoying. she looks much too modern.
actually the 1999 version is closer to the book than this one, especially when she revisits portsmouth they completely left that bit out in here its all been rushed.
@babytooty04 It wasn't just because of the money. She was upset because Henry left so abruptly and made no attempt to get in touch with her after his departure. Her attachment to Mr. Rushworth was mainly out of disappointment, pride to keep from showing her hurt feelings and contempt for her husband as well as greed for Rushworth's fortune.
@babytooty04 oh give Mr Rushworth a break. He is a foolish country idiot with a house in town. I will take a foolish rich guy any day. At least he is not Mr Collins. Lord forbid.
@babytooty04 But at the same time the other was a scoundrel, he may have had his way with her and left her a broken woman with nothing, and a bad reputation to top it off. She may fall in love over time with Mr. Rushford, he is a boastful man but that may change in time he was not all bad, but the oher was, remember he was after money as well.
@babytooty04 I think money was a factor, but there was a great deal more to that. Mariah was mortified by Henry and wanted to show him that she didn't care. Also, she had been raised to think of marriage as an alliance and had never been 'open' with her father before.
I'm comparing the 1999 movie against this... this is more accurate, of course, but the other one had a handsomer main cast (Fanny, Edmund and Henry but I admit that the Mary Crawford here is better looking)
I completely agree. I like that this 2007 version follows the book closer than the 1999 one, but I liked the actors from the latter version better (with the exception of Mary Crawford.) I wasn't expecting Fanny to be a blond, although in the book it said she had light eyes. The Henry Crawford character here just looks awful.
I must say that this film is much closer to the book than 1999! The moment with harp is beautiful, the quality of the folm is better. Everythins except Fanny's look! :( what a shame,
Absolutely true! You can also tell that she is not naturally blonde - her roots are showing. I'm sorry to say but they did not have blonde hair dye at that time. And Fanny might have been brought up carefree but she still had some sense of propriety, therefore she would mantain herself neatly too, especially because she needed to be "grateful". 1999 version is much better. Although Edmund is cute in this one :)
It annoys me that it wasn't pointed out that Fanny had always been against acting in the play. And, also that her hair is not at least put up into the style of the day.
more like most people are too distracted by how pretty/handsome someone is to notice their true character. If they arent distracted by that they are by their size of their income.
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gabbcynebuzoh 1 week ago
OMG ! william price is klaus in the vampire diaries ! that's a surprise !
misscamelia116 3 weeks ago
I knew a guy who looked just like Edmund in High school, and I was absolutely in love with him. He was quite the gentleman, but so awkward and quiet. He was wonderful. This movie makes me smile because of him
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don't know what to make of the costumes.. some of them seem to be cut way to low to be regency and it's not just on the elder women, yet other costumes really look regency. And the men wears perfectly fine regency clothing, yet if it had been 1790-1795 they would still have worn wigs. And Fanny walking around with her hair flowing like it was 2012.. Argh what a pain!
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girliegurl388913 2 months ago
This version SUCKS.... the 1999 version seemed so much more realistic. All these people seem like they are models from modern time magazines.
GalOnHunt 2 months ago
why does she go forward with the marriage???? so silly. >.<
vivimaze 2 months ago
Its Klaus from TVD.....LOL
minnalee8966 3 months ago 3
Maybe this is a prequel from vampire diariess...
FloorGossipGirl 3 months ago
Ahahahah the guy from vampire diaries! Claus hahaaa..
FloorGossipGirl 3 months ago
HOLY COW KLAUS
MegaGiovanna1991 3 months ago
Does anyone else see the sexual tension between fanny and william and Edmund and Henry or is it just me?!
Slimshady3minem 4 months ago
His brother is , the guy from Vampire Dairys =O ,
martineluv1 4 months ago
@greeceforeva Maria Bertram was played by Michelle Ryan.
whits812 4 months ago
lol omg its Klaus, lol @ candyyum96 my thoughts exactly
sassysly555 5 months ago
@sassysly555 lmfao!! i wikipedia'd it! haha
idontcare697 4 months ago
IT'S KLAUS!! STAB HIM, STAB HIM NOW. :)
CandyYum96 5 months ago 6
aaawww that was nice to see all the men automatically stand up as soon as Maria leaves the table :)
Rosamorrable 5 months ago
Anyone else waiting for the TARDIS to arrive?
JGoods10 6 months ago 7
What does Thomas say at 3:05 and what does he mean by it?
gabzi27 6 months ago
playing with the dishes and salt shaker at the table......gotta love William :)
ForeverStargazer 7 months ago 4
does any one know what song Mary plays on the harp?! little help please~ >.<
dangodaikazoku1 8 months ago
P.S. Omg KLAUS!!
icesk8ergal1123 9 months ago 4
Her harp technique is awful! At least teach her a little bit before the movie!! Sigh
icesk8ergal1123 9 months ago
For any one who watches Secret Diary Of A Call Girl, Tom Bertram is Duncan!
marinita333 9 months ago
Fanny's brother is Klaus off of TVD...I knew I had seen the guy who's played Klaus before...lol
TheArizonaGurl 9 months ago 3
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"No, I do not. I think everyone indulged themselves enough." This is so true and I LOVE IT!!
bootsiebodine84 9 months ago
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bootsiebodine84 9 months ago
Mariah's choices were completely justified. What Jane Austen speaks of in her novels, which is constantly taken rather lightheartedly, is that women in her era had nothing to their entitlement. They were expected to raise themselves by marriage, which was a means for them to achieve status and security. Not every woman in Georgian-Regency England could afford to be romantic, take for instance Jane Austen herself.
RushTheSilver 9 months ago
@RushTheSilver on the contrary, Jane Austen was quite "romantic" in her life choices, calling of an engagement (albeit a very short one) because she felt she did not love the man enough to marry him, despite his wealth and establishment.
manchesterhabibi 7 months ago
fanny's brother is Hot! :)
ThePrice0 9 months ago
OH MY GAWD ITS KLAUS!
Jeno404 10 months ago 6
@Jeno404 ITS NOT KLAUS
RushTheSilver 9 months ago
@RushTheSilver Yeah. It is.
Jeno404 9 months ago 2
@Jeno404 Who exactly are you referring to as Klaus? The actor playing Tom Bertram is James D'Arcy. The actor playing Henry Crawford is Joseph Beattie. The actor who plays Klaus in TVD is Joseph Morgan.
RushTheSilver 9 months ago 3
@RushTheSilver and Joseph Morgan plays William Price :)
dipsyhappy 8 months ago
@Jeno404 Yeah, I just found out! Ignore my other comment. I was thinking of Henry or Tom Bertram!
RushTheSilver 9 months ago
this guy is stupid!! why push urself to her when u know that the only thing she wants is money money!!!! like seiously!!
fanatical16 10 months ago
"And I always get my way in the end."
Ha, that's what you think. :)
AVBKansas 10 months ago
I like everyone but Henry Crawford better in this version, which I think is good because I don't think I'm supposed to like him. He's a creep.
AVBKansas 10 months ago
I read the books and really didn't like Edmund at all throughout it, I felt like Fanny deserved better. Even at the end he was so obsessed with himself. He constantly threw his relationship with Miss Crawford in Fanny's face and always talked about his own feelings.
FanficfanaticSROC 10 months ago
Weird, Fanny has more chemistry with William (her brother) than she does with both Mr. Crawford and Edmund combined. That's a wee bit creepsome...
LoserJinxedAndJaded 11 months ago 2
aah god i got scared William looks like my ex boyfriend to the tip of his finger i screamed, gosh i thought it was him...
DestructionBattery 11 months ago
The problem with Edmund, like most guys, is he's intrigued with the "new, unknown" girl, someone different from everyone he has known. The familiar, "good" girl holds no fascination for him until he later sees the contrast.
musicalmeg19 1 year ago 22
I wish William had spilled on Aunt Norris.
clpearson991 1 year ago
@tinkertoes1000 you mean Mrs.Crowford of course!
But in the book, however, Edmund would prove himself a man of principle and that would make him distinguished in a way, that's how I saw it.
judyabbott3 1 year ago
The Fanny from the 1997 version, in my opinion, was quiet more beautiful and accurate.
PainlessSerenity 1 year ago 2
I haven't read the books, but I'm really not liking Edmund. Hopefully it'll be like Mr. Darcy and he'll redeem himself towards the end... but now he just seems so... influenced!
nerdishh 1 year ago 5
@nerdishh In way yes he was influenced.. but you might also call it that he was blinded by love. Mrs. Rushworth knew that he was interested in her, so she thinks that she can munipulate Edmund.
tinkertoes1000 1 year ago
IIIII LOVE EDMOUNT <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3
alex21prel 1 year ago 2
Fanny is too spirited and doesn't suit the Fanny in the book...........im really disappointed, because i expect more of any adaptations of Jane Austen's works. i've watched a little of the 1999 version of Mansfield Park and i was also a bit disappointed. in my opinion, they need a better adaptation. oh well, thank for posting this though. i still like it, but i'd much recommend the book than any of the movies, but i still need to see the tv series of MP, im sure it's a lot better.
Ub3lBlatt 1 year ago 2
@Ub3lBlatt While I agree that this nor the 1999 are very accurate, I think they did what was best considering. In the book Fanny was so understated and overlooked that she was hardly the main character in the way we think of today. So in order for it to translate it makes sense to make the character a bit stronger and bolder. Though it's far from perfect.
JGoods10 6 months ago 2
@Ub3lBlatt I hated the book because Fanny was such a boring character. The only reason I can sit through this film is because she's been given more personality.
xXRubella666Xx 5 months ago
Did anyone else notice how Mrs. Norris moved the salt shaker to the other side of her, kind of like, "Stop playing with that thing"? Lol, I was amused...
nezugiri 1 year ago
oh my gosh. I want to KIILL the Crawford girl
JustAGirlJustADream 1 year ago
i wish that men would still stand up when a lady enters or leaves the table/room
sballgatorgirl06 1 year ago 4
2:57 ROTFL
lauraisamazingness 1 year ago 2
why does Fanny keep running!?! geez
rockinthechemicalz 1 year ago 5
This version is ridiculous. Fanny's hair is so anachronistic that it's like they thought we were just stupid and wouldn't notice something THAT out of place.
urbanr0cker 1 year ago 3
@urbanr0cker I think they believed that we would all realise that this is a modern movie. Whether her hair doesn't suit that time is irrelevant, because she isn't in that time.
kenruneck 1 year ago
Good lord are Maria's breasts on full display!
urbanr0cker 1 year ago 3
so cute how william uses the plate and food to illustrate the battle in the middle of their elegant meal! lol
justalittlebookworm 1 year ago 2
Mariah is so pretty :/
cindyaniston 1 year ago
i like the 1999 version soooo much better. this one is way too dramatic and over the top- i feel like im watching the soap opera version of mansfield park.
pinkpanther7892 1 year ago 5
Malachi...mmm ^^
deJills 1 year ago
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rochesterinnc 1 year ago
Maria is so beautiful - she should have said no I don't want to marry that fool.
DanakatTV 1 year ago
lvinnguaq I also think that Fanny is not very pretty, shes not ugly but she isn't pretty either...
BlueberryMuffin4Sam 1 year ago
Is that girl ever going to wear a hat or a bonnet? Sorry, but her family would never have allowed her to disgrace them in such a manner.
giliellthesecond 1 year ago 2
@giliellthesecond was this important once apon a time?
anibanivani 1 year ago
@anibanivani
Yes, it really was, it showed that you were "virtous" and chaste. You can imagine it much like a muslim headscarf: a decent woman would never be seen out of house without something on her head. Ball were an exception, of course and you would take it off inside.
giliellthesecond 1 year ago
@giliellthesecond Wow, i didn't know this. Thank you.
anibanivani 1 year ago
why does the 1999 version missing PART 9?
divastar604 1 year ago
sooooo i guess no one cared that fanny was supposed to tire easily in the book?? she's always running around..
lyss222 1 year ago 8
here smile is only bad from an angle...lol other than that she is pretty
gigglegiggle33 1 year ago 3
@gigglegiggle33 I am sorry but am I the only one who thinks that Fanny is well not ecatly pretty?
Ivinnguaq 1 year ago
thanks alot babypogo24, after I read your post I can't look at fanny the same way again: I laugh
This version is SOOOO boring, I MUCH prefer the 1999 version
THEYfellFACEDOWN 1 year ago
thanks alot babypogo24, after I read your post I can't look at fanny the same way again: I laugh
This version is SOOOO boring, I MUCH prefer the 1999 version
THEYfellFACEDOWN 1 year ago
I wish fanny would stop smiling her smile is so ugly.
thekimshi 2 years ago
That's not true.
ilovemyanimals3111 2 years ago
william looks a bit like chris martin :D
very nice :)
RaspberryJam94 2 years ago 2
I don't think so. Austen very seldom provides physical descriptions. She is interested only in character, and even character she rarely describes, leaving dialogue to do that work, and brilliantly.
hedgehogbooks 2 years ago 3
I just noticed that in every book Jane Austen wrote, she leaves a main character unexplained.
In this one it's Julia
JoDeveau 2 years ago
@JoDeveau On the contrary I thought Julia was well explained. She feels slighted by Henry, which makes her angry with her sister Maria. She reconciles somewhat with Maria after they are both slighted, but never deeply loves her. They travel together, but when Maria gets too scandalous, Julia leaves to get away from her and ends up eloping. She's always petty and jealous, but has a decent soul in the end.
lilypad145 2 years ago 3
in pride & prejudice, kitty?
theritztotherubble 2 years ago 2
yup.
JoDeveau 2 years ago
@love251290 Yeah but so does the one in the book.
imasinnerimasaint 2 years ago
is there a better version of this movie from a different year??
schmerin1414 2 years ago 4
@schemerin1414
Mansfield Park 1995 with Jonny Lee Miller and Frances O'conner.
ysomar 2 years ago
not true. Fanny does ask her uncle about the slave trade in the book, but its only a passing reference.
EmilyRondel 2 years ago 5
They didn't mention slavery AT ALL in the novel...Austen only said he had "business in the West Indies" and that was that.
3rtay 2 years ago
I always read Fanny as more of a solemn type person. She was the downer. She was the one to spoil the fun, never indulge, even with the children. Also, for such a long book as Mansfield Park is, this is going rather too quickly.
MrsAnneWentworth 2 years ago 4
And I don't get these weird fusion dresses.
JennyYaaay 2 years ago 7
Fanny wears some older clothes because she has less status. Her aunt and uncle wouldn't want to pay for her to dress stylishly. For the old women, they were probably scandalized by the relatively free clothing of the Regency era so stuck to the old style.
nakedliz 2 years ago
I don't like the clothes in this one-- there are not enough regency dresses to suit my tastes.
JennyYaaay 2 years ago 6
i think Billie might have looked sweet with her hair in a proper style of the time, and it bugs me that it's not.. it's very distracting.. but i think they left it looser and wild to show how
little they care for her as their charge.. she's just left to run wild and be childish instead of trying to make a proper young lady out of her. but it's still really annoying. she looks much too modern.
lamoinette23 2 years ago 6
actually the 1999 version is closer to the book than this one, especially when she revisits portsmouth they completely left that bit out in here its all been rushed.
Shasabab 2 years ago 4
What I hate about Mariah is that her father gave her a chance for an out but she didn't take it bcuz of money.
babytooty04 2 years ago 88
@babytooty04 It wasn't just because of the money. She was upset because Henry left so abruptly and made no attempt to get in touch with her after his departure. Her attachment to Mr. Rushworth was mainly out of disappointment, pride to keep from showing her hurt feelings and contempt for her husband as well as greed for Rushworth's fortune.
QueenBoadicea 1 year ago
@babytooty04 I guess money meant much more back then than anything else... sigh
Maria6237 1 year ago
@babytooty04 oh give Mr Rushworth a break. He is a foolish country idiot with a house in town. I will take a foolish rich guy any day. At least he is not Mr Collins. Lord forbid.
Basra2020 1 year ago 44
@Basra2020 amen
musicfreak19931 7 months ago
@Basra2020 Especially the Lost in Austin version of Mr. Collins. TALK ABOUT CREEPER!!!!
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@babytooty04 But at the same time the other was a scoundrel, he may have had his way with her and left her a broken woman with nothing, and a bad reputation to top it off. She may fall in love over time with Mr. Rushford, he is a boastful man but that may change in time he was not all bad, but the oher was, remember he was after money as well.
ChaosControl1997 1 year ago
@babytooty04 weel in the book she doesnt want out because she wants to one up crawford. its her way of trying to get over him.
babegia 1 year ago
@babytooty04 I think money was a factor, but there was a great deal more to that. Mariah was mortified by Henry and wanted to show him that she didn't care. Also, she had been raised to think of marriage as an alliance and had never been 'open' with her father before.
hellofellows1 9 months ago
there was so much more to fanny's character in the 1999 version, and i have trouble looking at this fanny price
quakeroats0316 2 years ago 9
I'm comparing the 1999 movie against this... this is more accurate, of course, but the other one had a handsomer main cast (Fanny, Edmund and Henry but I admit that the Mary Crawford here is better looking)
blissful712 2 years ago 7
I completely agree. I like that this 2007 version follows the book closer than the 1999 one, but I liked the actors from the latter version better (with the exception of Mary Crawford.) I wasn't expecting Fanny to be a blond, although in the book it said she had light eyes. The Henry Crawford character here just looks awful.
mleliza3 2 years ago 3
rushworth looks worse. He was never fat! Just plain.
sashkalitcheski 2 years ago
I must say that this film is much closer to the book than 1999! The moment with harp is beautiful, the quality of the folm is better. Everythins except Fanny's look! :( what a shame,
OlgaSmaragdova 2 years ago 5
I agree - such a mistake to make Fanny blond .... her hair are too modern!!! It distracts a lot!
OlgaSmaragdova 2 years ago 9
Absolutely true! You can also tell that she is not naturally blonde - her roots are showing. I'm sorry to say but they did not have blonde hair dye at that time. And Fanny might have been brought up carefree but she still had some sense of propriety, therefore she would mantain herself neatly too, especially because she needed to be "grateful". 1999 version is much better. Although Edmund is cute in this one :)
Lythianthus 2 years ago 12
It annoys me that it wasn't pointed out that Fanny had always been against acting in the play. And, also that her hair is not at least put up into the style of the day.
knoulton 2 years ago 6
the 1999 version is MUCH better
AliceInWonderland132 2 years ago 6
Maria is deathly pale.
generationYkid 2 years ago
I think she's gorgeous.
xooddreynoelleox 2 years ago
euughh
mariah's teeth...
auroraalice616 2 years ago
i agree with u
cotess23 2 years ago
Why is Edmond Bertram so blinded? miss crawford is full of airs and manipulative
belcst 2 years ago 4
like so many men, he's too distracted by how pretty she is to notice that she's an awful person
Elizacoco 2 years ago 97
sigh, I guess pretty women will have their way, as often is in life
belcst 2 years ago 8
@Elizacoco
more like most people are too distracted by how pretty/handsome someone is to notice their true character. If they arent distracted by that they are by their size of their income.
2SIXimixedBABIES 1 year ago
She's not as much in the book. But also, he IS blinded by her beauty.
xooddreynoelleox 2 years ago