Wednesday 25 July 2018

The Jane Austen Book Club (2007 Robin Swicord & scr)

Robin co-wrote Shag, adapted Little Women, some other things, rotten Benjamin Button story... But this is good, probably works better if you actually know the books in detail, but even if not you can still see the Austeny things that are happening in tale of match-maker Maria Bello trying to push younger Hugh Dancy on her recently separated friend Amy Brenneman, whose gay daughter Maggie Grace is also one of their book group. So is uptight French teacher Emily Blunt, and the unofficial leader seems to be Kathy Baker, who's rather good.

The other men are Jimmy Smits, Kevin Zegers and Marc Blucas, and Lynn Redgrave is a terrible mother.


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