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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 436365" data-attributes="member: 8">Austenland (2013)[ATTACH=full]58424[/ATTACH]The title and thumbnail reveals enough to understand what kind of film this is, and although I&#039;m not a big Pride And Prejudice&nbsp;&nbsp; fan I was curious to see how they&#039;d tackle this particular branch of fandom.Pride &amp; Prejudice fanatic Jane Hayes played by Keri Russell spends all her savings on a Jane Austen Experience that takes place in an English Jane Austen theme park of sorts.Upon arrival she meets another American participant played by Jennifer Coolidge, the stereotypically loud an brazen American bull in a china shop.Georgia King plays the third and somewhat unhinged candidate, and Jane Seymour as the haughty leader of the JA Experience. It&#039;s been a while since I&#039;ve watched Jane Seymour in film or TV so this may have been an additional selling point for me.Now with all the cliché romcom characters ticked off, let&#039;s Pride &amp; Roll.When the film started I didn&#039;t even know how old it was; the release dates on Prime are not always accurate but Netflix doesn&#039;t show it at all.The bland Sony Picture Classics logo - which isn&#039;t a logo at all - made me guess it was from the late 1990s or early 2000s, especially since the role of Jane Hayes has &quot;Sandra Bullock&quot; or &quot;Renée Zellweger&quot; written all over it.If AUSTENLAND had been&nbsp; a Sandra Bullock vehicle then I&#039;m sure it would have been bigger, more outlandish and possibly more memorable - but not necessarily funnier.it may sound like a strange compliment but I think there&#039;s a neutral or understated charm about actress Keri Russell, and this worked very well for her role in THE AMERICANS since she had to perform in various disguises. She&#039;d be a good choice for a female version of The Day Of The Jackal.The satire in AUSTENLAND could have been spunkier and the humour could have been funnier. However, there&#039;s a difference between not-too-funny and teethgrindingly UNfunny (as I&#039;ve seen it in many comedies, including MISS CONGENIALITY).The humour in AUSTENLAND is in the smaller details that can be easily overlooked.I laughed every time someone said &quot;make haste!&quot;The story makes fun of Jane Austen fans but there&#039;s also a sense of appreciation. And then it also becomes a Jane Austen story.Pretty much like that other fandom film, GALAXY QUEST, it has its cake and eat it - even if the Sci-Fi spoof is obviously superior to this film.The romantic conclusion in this film is without the obligatory fanfare but somehow it&#039;s usually this&nbsp; type of restraint that gets me misty-eyed.In a stereotypically American fashion, the rich participant (Coolidge) ends up buying the park and turns it into a bright and pink McAustenland.AUSTENLAND may not be a game changer but I think it&#039;s a charming film that left a very pleasant aftertaste.I was surprised to learn that it&#039;s from 2013 because it definitely looks like a 1990s time capsule.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 436365, member: 8"] Austenland (2013) [ATTACH type="full"]58424[/ATTACH] The title and thumbnail reveals enough to understand what kind of film this is, and although I'm not a big [I]Pride And Prejudice[/I] fan I was curious to see how they'd tackle this particular branch of fandom. Pride & Prejudice fanatic Jane Hayes played by Keri Russell spends all her savings on a Jane Austen Experience that takes place in an English Jane Austen theme park of sorts. Upon arrival she meets another American participant played by Jennifer Coolidge, the stereotypically loud an brazen American bull in a china shop. Georgia King plays the third and somewhat unhinged candidate, and Jane Seymour as the haughty leader of the JA Experience. It's been a while since I've watched Jane Seymour in film or TV so this may have been an additional selling point for me. Now with all the cliché romcom characters ticked off, let's Pride & Roll. When the film started I didn't even know how old it was; the release dates on Prime are not always accurate but Netflix doesn't show it at all. The bland Sony Picture Classics logo - which isn't a logo at all - made me guess it was from the late 1990s or early 2000s, especially since the role of Jane Hayes has "Sandra Bullock" or "Renée Zellweger" written all over it. If AUSTENLAND [I]had been[/I] a Sandra Bullock vehicle then I'm sure it would have been bigger, more outlandish and possibly more memorable - but not necessarily funnier. it may sound like a strange compliment but I think there's a neutral or understated charm about actress Keri Russell, and this worked very well for her role in THE AMERICANS since she had to perform in various disguises. She'd be a good choice for a female version of The Day Of The Jackal. The satire in AUSTENLAND could have been spunkier and the humour could have been funnier. However, there's a difference between not-too-funny and teethgrindingly UNfunny (as I've seen it in many comedies, including MISS CONGENIALITY). The humour in AUSTENLAND is in the smaller details that can be easily overlooked. I laughed every time someone said "make haste!" The story makes fun of Jane Austen fans but there's also a sense of appreciation. And then it also [I]becomes [/I] a Jane Austen story. Pretty much like that other fandom film, GALAXY QUEST, it has its cake and eat it - even if the Sci-Fi spoof is obviously superior to this film. The romantic conclusion in this film is without the obligatory fanfare but somehow it's usually [I]this[/I] type of restraint that gets me misty-eyed. In a stereotypically American fashion, the rich participant (Coolidge) ends up buying the park and turns it into a bright and pink [B]Mc[/B]Austenland. AUSTENLAND may not be a game changer but I think it's a charming film that left a very pleasant aftertaste. I was surprised to learn that it's from 2013 because it definitely looks like a 1990s time capsule. [/QUOTE]

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