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The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, learn that their prospects of marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. After Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son. These circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's wife and daughters without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed... see more
The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, learn that their prospects of marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. After Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son. These circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's wife and daughters without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed... see more
Review[90/100] The struggle with adapting Jane Austen’s novels is that so much of what makes them great is not just the writing, but the interiority she so brilliantly conveys with it. Her descriptions of what’s going on in the characters’heads, the keen observations on human nature that come through in evocative, expositional stretches that elucidate their emotions and affect, are much of what elevates those stories. That's hard to convey on film without clunky devices, and without that you may find…
Review[8.5/10] I’m disappointed I couldn’t have seen this decades sooner! I would definitely like to watch it again. While there were a few cringeworthy and overly dramatic moments, the film as a whole was very entertaining. By the end, I was truly rooting for some of the characters.
Seeing Willoughby looking all forlorn at the end was especially satisfying, lolol.
There were some stressful moments, but they felt worthwhile thanks to how much I enjoyed the ending. This might be one I’d actually…