Austenland
A romantic comedy about 30-something, single Jane Hayes (Keri Russell), a seemingly normal young woman with a secret: her obsession with all things Jane Austen. But when she decides to spend her life savings on a trip to an English resort catering to Austen–crazed women, Jane’s fantasies of meeting the perfect Regency–era gentleman suddenly become more real than she ever could have imagined.
18 July 1979, Glendale, Arizona, USA
15 February 1951, Hayes, Hayes and Harlington, Middlesex, England, UK
1 April 1978, Boulder, Colorado, USA
18 November 1986, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
17 May 1979, Los Angeles County, California, USA
10 February 1958, Cranleigh, Surrey, England, UK
February 21, 2014
an interesting diversion that holds a lot of promise at first, is pleasant but generally underdelivers throughout, and then almost redeems itself with a last-minute twist that almost makes sense considering the movie's core weakness.
September 19, 2013
Austenland is modest fun but needs to show it has a brain under its sun bonnet.
September 02, 2013
Everything rings false, and the spectacle of bad actors pretending to be bad actors may trouble your sleep for some time.
February 10, 2014
Austenland is a pretty film to look at, but underneath its look, there's just not much there.
June 08, 2016
It's probably unfair to compare the film and its source inspiration too heavily but this plays out like a weak modern-day Austen novel.
September 20, 2013
The acting throughout falls into two registers; pantomime mugging for most of the cast, while the romantic leads, Russell and Feild, look so ill at ease that you pity them.
September 12, 2013
"Austenland" understands Austen's enduring romantic appeal but has no use for her deeper themes of class, wealth and gender inequality.
June 27, 2014
Although...mostly a nice, light, little trifle, it's ultimately half a soufflé at best-one that never quite rises to the occasion.
December 19, 2013
Based on the 2007 book by Shannon Hale, all the ingredients for a deft, sly, sleight-of-hand comedy are there. But the film is all over the place. The tone is off, the timing is off, the cutting is off. And it's just not funny.
September 05, 2013
A mildly surprising and completely heartwarming ending casts a glow over the previous 96 minutes of "Austenland" but can't wipe out all regrets for what might have been.
February 07, 2014
Rom-com fanatics and Austen aficionados may find gems in Austenland, but others will see this as a film with little sense or sensibility.
September 12, 2013
It's tentative in its intentions and afraid to push all the way with its premise. It is not sharp enough as a comedy, and when it tries to shift gears and become a romance, it is unconvincing in its machinations.
