The Book Lovers
Last updated: 15/11/2007 - 15:50
A 'feel good' film that reveals the lives of an ensemble of present-day friends through the witty prism of their literary heroine: Jane Austen.
Today’s central California may be far removed from Regency England, but some things never change. We’re still every bit as preoccupied with the complexities of marriage, friendship, romantic entanglements, position, and social manners and mores as was Jane Austen at the turn of the 1800s. The Jane Austen Book reveals the lives of an ensemble of present-day friends through the witty prism of their literary heroine.
Click here to watch the trailer for The Jane Austen Book Club
Six book club members, six Jane Austen novels, six interwoven story lines over six months in the busy modern setting of Sacramento Californai - where city and suburban sprawl meet natural beauty. While the groups' contemporary stories never slavishly parallel the Austen plots, the six characters find echoes, predictions, warnings and wisdom about their own trajectories within Austen’s beloved narratives.
Click here for a lovers guide to Paris - courtesy of the Jane Austen Book Club!
Here's what critics have made of The Jane Austen Book so far:
"...worth watching primarily for Blunt, the delicious scene-stealer from The Devil Wears Prada." - Lou Lumenick (The New York Post).
"One won't learn much about Austen from this film, and Austen purists may pop their corsets at the license taken. But Austen's books were part of the popular culture of her time, and the film is in that tradition." - Duane Dudek (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel).
"...definitely chick lit-turned-chick flick, but an engaging script and winning performances elevate it from its cheesy TV movie-of-the-week potential." - Kit Bowen (Hollywood.com).
"Comfortable if unchallenging, watching this gentle, female-oriented film is a bit like curling up in bed with a book whose ending you already know. No alarms and no surprises." - Hannah Forbes Black (Channel 4).
"You don't have to have a library card to enjoy this story." - Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone (TheMovieChicks.com).
Click here to watch another clip from the film - the book club meets
For more information visit the offical websites:
Click here to watch another clip: 'Just Like Star Wars'.
See also on Lifestyle: The Passionate Bennets - We take a look at the Working Title Films film version of Jane Austen’s classic novel Pride & Prejudice.
For more information on the author whose work has - in part - inspired this film (and so many school reading list choices), visit the excellent website of the Jane Austen Centre in Bath.
The Jane Austen Book is cinemas now.
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