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About this movie

Genres:
Romance, Comedy
Language:
English
Subtitles:
English
Running time:
2:00:51
Partner rating:
PG
Released:

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Anne Hathaway Jane Austen
  2. James Cromwell Reverend Austin
  3. Julie Walters Mrs. Austen
  4. Maggie Smith Lady Gresham
  5. James McAvoy Tom Lefroy
  6. Anna Maxwell Martin Cassandra Austen
  7. Lucy Cohu Eliza De Feuillide
  8. Laurence Fox Mr. Wisley
  9. Ian Richardson Judge Langlois
  10. Joe Anderson Henry Austen

Directors

  1. Julian Jarrold

Producers

  1. Douglas Rae
  2. Robert Bernstein
  3. Graham Broadbent
  4. James Saynor

Writers

  1. Sarah Williams
  2. Kevin Hood

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Becoming Jane

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Events from the life of the author Jane Austen inspired this romantic historical drama, which speculates of a romance that may have had a significant impact on her life and work. Twenty-year-old Jane Austen (Anne Hathaway) is the daughter of Rev. Austen (James Cromwell), a minister who looks after a flock in a small rural community in Southern England with his wife (Julie Walters). While her older sister, Cassandra (Anna Maxwell Martin), is en... Events from the life of the author Jane Austen inspired this romantic historical drama, which speculates of a romance that may have had a significant impact on her life and work. Twenty-year-old Jane Austen (Anne Hathaway) is the daughter of Rev. Austen (James Cromwell), a minister who looks after a flock in a small rural community in Southern England with his wife (Julie Walters). While her older sister, Cassandra (Anna Maxwell Martin), is engaged to be married, Jane resists her family's efforts to match her up with Mr. Wisley (Laurence Fox), the wealthy but dull nephew of Lady Gresham (Maggie Smith), a minor member of the British nobility. Jane has the heart of an artist, and hopes to distinguish herself as a musician or a writer, though her parents don't think much of her prospects. When Jane meets Tom Lefroy (James McAvoy), a young man her own age, she's intrigued; while he scoffs at her writing style, he clearly sees she has talent, and is eager for her to learn more of the larger world by exposing her to more daring literature and modern pastimes such as boxing. As Tom begins to court Jane, she finds herself increasingly attracted to this poor but keenly intelligent man, though she soon realizes her own ideas about love and marriage are sometimes at odds with the conventions of the society in which she lives.

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Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'rotten' by Rotten Tomatoes

57%Tomatometer score: 57% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Negative review
    Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper Not only is that a huge stretch of the facts, it makes for a dull and overly familiar melodrama.
  2. Positive review
    Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine Hathaway never makes us think the woman could write anything more complex than a diet book. – Full review External link
  3. Positive review
    J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader This never rises above a date movie, but it's functionally literate (the lovers have some pleasant banter about the realistic merits of Tom Jones) and features a fine supporting turn from Ian... – Full review External link
  4. Negative review
    Christy Lemire, Associated Press Becoming Jane becomes a rather ordinary, though sporadically entertaining, game of dress-up.
  5. Negative review
    Joanne Kaufman, Wall Street Journal Austen comes off here more as stenographer than writer. – Full review External link
  6. Negative review
    David Ansen, Newsweek The movie goes down easy, but there's a thin line here: is this an homage or a parasite?
  7. Positive review
    Claudia Puig, USA Today Clearly embraces the spirit of the beloved novelist. – Full review External link

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