Mansfield Park (DVD)

...(Frances O'Connor) is sent to Mansfield Park to live with her rich cousins. She falls in love with Edmund Bertram (Johnny Lee Miller), who's Mr. Sensitive and aims to become a clergy man. He's also a bit dense, as he's seemingly oblivious to any sparks or what's good for him. He gets engaged to a woman who's not exactly wife material. Meanwhile, a young suitor, Henry Crawford (Alessandro Nivola), courts our heroine. She doesn't care for him and when ...
...the ultimatum to either marry Crawford or go back to live in poverty, she chooses poverty. As usual, the question is not if our protagonist will get what her heart desires, but rather how she gets it and what else happens on the way to the happy ending. This film is beautifully shot, doesn't shy back from a little controversy (there's a short scene where Fanny learns that her relatives own slaves and how they treat them that's perfectly done and ...

A_M_Benneter 22.07.2000 · Read full review
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...right from the beginning - Mansfield Park. This TV dramatisation of a Jane Austin novel. I'll give you a basic plot overview: Mansfield Park is the home of a wealthy family, the Bertram family. They take in a young and less well-off relative to give her the best education, and all the good advantages of being well-off. This lucky girl was Fanny Price. The poor girl is completely up-rooted from everything she knows, friends and family, house etc. ...
...to hold herself against the wealthy, and the poor and all about the sexual politics in the new world she is becoming accustomed to. Now, for the DVD. I'll start with the actors, some of which I knew, and some I'd never heard of before, and after this disaster, probably never will again! Billie Piper, Jemma Redgrave, Maggie O'Neill, Douglas Hodge and James D'Arcy. I personally do not believe that above were the best actors/actresses for the job. ...

kimhumphreys 02.04.2007 · Read full review
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HISTORY For anyone who hasn't came across Jane Austen's work before, here is a little history lesson! The book that this is adapted from was published in 1814, 192 years ago! By that time Jane had already written her biggest and most popular novel, Pride and Prejudice. So when this book came out, people were a little disappointed. In fact, Fanny Price, who is the heroine, is one of the most hated literary characters of all time! Go ahead, put that ...
...pages appear before your eyes. So already a hard job for a director, who decided it was probably best not to stick to the novel. So instead the director takes part of the story, and parts of Jane Austen's real life and merges them together. So if you have read the book or another adaptation and then watched this and said 'hang on a mo! That's nuffin' Like the real story' then that's why! ABOUT? Fanny Price is born to a rather poor family, her mother ...

MikiMoo 20.06.2006 (21.06.2006) · Read full review
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...she just makes your skin crawl. The film is shot in beautiful surroundings and the whole feel of the piece transports you to Mansfield Park and embroils you in the plot that unfolds. Not the best of the recent adaptions in my opinion but definitely worth watching again. ...

emha15 11.02.2005 · Read full review
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