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  Sense and Sensibility - MOVIE REVIEW - Los Angeles Times - calendarlive.com
The movie business is nothing if not paradoxical, which is another way of saying that a year marked by careful attention paid to graphic and grotesque violence has also brought forth enough different approaches to the delicate novels of Jane Austen to inspire an academic symposium.
Finally, falling somewhere between those two poles, is "Sense and Sensibility," the audience-friendly Hollywood version of Austen, easygoing and aiming to please.
Like the two that came before it, "Sense and Sensibility," directed by Ang Lee ("The Wedding Banquet," "Eat Drink Man Woman") and starring Emma Thompson, who also wrote the script, is proof to any doubters of the resilience and continuing emotional power of an author who began writing 200 years ago.
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 Sense and Sensibility Movie: Sense and Sensibility DVD is available from Bestprices.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The two have extremely divergent approaches to life: Elinor represents "sense" and believes in behaving with propriety and thoughtfulness, while Marianne represents "sensibility" and basks in her own emotions.
Thompson finished the SENSE AND SENSIBILITY screenplay five years later, after appearing in seven films, in between which she worked on the script.
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY was my first taste having to convince people to do what I wanted," Lee explained, as quoted in The Guardian (U.K.).
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 Digital Termpapers: Term Papers on Sense And Sensibility- Movie Review
The movie’s collection of actors are a joy to watch as they bring out the emotions of an otherwise polite and reserved era in time.
The purpose of the Sense and Sensibility is to bring out the romance in all of us and show us that Austen’s philosophy of love exists today as much as it did two centuries ago.
Sense and Sensibility could rightly be classified as a love story, but that would just scratch the surface of what this movie has to offer.
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 Sense and Sensibility (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility (1811) was adapted into a 1995 film by Emma Thompson who wrote the screenplay, for which she received general acclaim as well as the 1996 Academy Award.
Like all of Jane Austen's novels, Sense and Sensibility is as much a commentary on 18th Century society as a romance.
The film captures the plight of genteel ladies "of no fortune" during that period.
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 Cranky Critic® Movie Reviews: Sense and Sensibility
Sense, is the story of the widow Dashwood and her three daughters who, because of 18th century English law, receive no inheritance when their husband/father dies.
The leading ladies of Sense and Sensibility are NOT gold-diggers, though gold-diggers, male and female, abound in the story.
Sense and Sensibility, though it does lag a bit towards the end, is an extraordinary film.
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 Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen: A searchable online version at The Literature Network
Though not the first novel she wrote, Sense and Sensibility was the first Jane Austen published.
Whereas the former is a sensible, rational creature, her younger sister is wildly romantic--a characteristic that offers Austen plenty of scope for both satire and compassion.
I was always heartbroken for her when I read Sense and Sensibility or saw the movie.
www.online-literature.com /austen/sensibility   (1785 words)

  
 dK - Kate Winslet Store - Sense and Sensibility   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Sense and Sensibility DVD comes in a lovely keep case and features two audio commentaries (Emma Thompson and Lindsay Doran and Ang Lee and James Schamus).
The Sense and Sensibility VHS cassette is sold in the U.K and in America.
The soundtrack for Sense and Sensibility perfectly resonnates the 1970's, the period in which it is set.
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 Sense and Sensibility   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
If you ask a filmmaker to be a slave to detail, you end up with fussy copyists like Merchant and Ivory, who dither more about the depth of the ruffles on the women's hems than they do about the emotional core of their material.
Lee appears so intent on keeping Sense and Sensibility from becoming a petrified monument that it moves like a kind of machine: the plot seems to be driven by gears, and sometimes they creak.
Her lips are moving, but you hear only a shiver of a whisper, and suddenly you're tipped off both to the character's cautiousness and to the vast well of feeling she keeps hidden inside: only the horse can know her secrets for sure.
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 sense and sensibility (movie)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Sense and Sensibility is a 1995 film which tells the story of the romances of three poor sisters.
It stars Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Gemma Jones, Tom Wilkinson, Greg Wise, Elizabeth Spriggs, Robert Hardy and Harriet Walter.
The movie was adapted by Emma Thompson from the novel Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /Sense_and_Sensibility_(movie).html   (149 words)

  
 Review: Sense and Sensibility   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Sense and Sensibility was the author's first published work and, as is often the case with early writing efforts, displays an undeniable shallowness: themes are half-developed, characterization is uneven, and plotting follows a predictable straight-forwardness.
Sense and Sensibility is a wonderful motion picture, even given the weaknesses of the source material.
The novel's flaws guarantee that Sense and Sensibility cannot be a perfect motion picture, but it would be difficult, I think, to do much better with the material than Emma Thompson and director Ang Lee (Eat Drink Man Woman) have here.
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 All-Reviews.com Movie/Video Review: Sense and Sensibility
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY is the latest Jane Austin movie to come to the big screen.
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY tells the story of two families joined by a common father, Henry Dashwood (Tom Wilkinson).
The best part of SENSE AND SENSIBILITY may be the costumes (Jenny Beavan and John Bright), especially the men's hats with the large flowing brims.
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 Sense and Sensibility - Rotten Tomatoes
Sense and Sensibility is an absorbing, delightful, and nuanced movie.
Sense and Sensibility is a triumph, and a film to be treasured.
Sense and Sensibility is an enjoyable film, and yet it left me somehow unsatisfied.
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/1068832-sense_and_sensibility   (604 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Sense and Sensibility: Movie Tie In Edition: Books: Jane Austen,Margaret Drabble   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY only hints at the social skewering Austen would use to such great effect in her later novels, and the humor here is only occasional and slight, as this novel adopts a generally serious tone.
"Sense And Sensibility" is a deeply moving novel, with biting satire, especially demonstrated in the characters of Fanny and John Dashwood, and Lucy Steele; and of course Elinor's fine wit adds much to make the reader smile.
Though SENSE AND SENSIBILITY is not Austen's most popular book, it clearly shows in a restricted way the limits that her culture placed on the rights of women to call their own shots.
www.amazon.com /Sense-Sensibility-Movie-Jane-Austen/dp/0451187903   (2951 words)

  
 Boxoffice Magazine [SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Film Review]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
"Sense and Sensibility," an adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel, is an instant classic itself.
Working in exemplary tandem, director Lee and scripter Thompson prove that passion and pain need be no strangers to the romantic comedy genre, elevating what in other hands might have been just a fetching piece of folderol into one of the most rapturous and wrenching works of recent cinema.
That said, Thompson's comic nature (her origins are in revue) has full freedom here, filling "Sense and Sensibility" with hearty and exquisite laughs.
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 JAKEOPOLIS.com - Movie Reviews, Editorials, And More From The Big Guy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The movie, based on a novel by Jane Austin, is boring, trite and plodding.
Hulk could very well be the sequel to Sense and Sensibility because it is about as exciting as watching an English drama.
Nolte does the best acting job in the movie but his character is so retarded that it defeats the effort.
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 'Sense and Sensibility' (PG)
"Sense and Sensibility," which also stars Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman and Kate Winslet, takes a breezy, playful stroll through Austen's world of pettiness, heartbreak and suppressed passions.
Let neither pride nor prejudice dissuade you from the abundant pleasures of "Sense and Sensibility." Based upon Jane Austen's satire of 18th-century dating games, this rapturous romance is not only laugh-out-loud funny but demonstrates how little humankind has evolved in matters of the heart.
"Sense and Sensibility," elegantly staged and masterfully acted down to the smallest role, requires a bit of patience toward the end, as the outcome becomes increasingly obvious.
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 Sense and Sensibility Movie Review at Hollywood Video
In fairly short succession, Austen aficionados were treated to Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility, a television miniseries of Pride and Prejudice, and two versions of Emma (one being Clueless, an extremely clever adaptation set in the modern era).
Sense and Sensibility as a novel is one of Austen's lesser efforts.
And near the movie's finale, when Elinor discovers that she has another chance with Edward, Thompson creates a moving and funny scene where the always-composed Elinor sobs uncontrollably.
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 Commonweal: Sense and Sensibility. - movie reviews
Judging by her adaptation of Austen's Sense and Sensibility, Emma Thompson is the toughest of tough lovers, the most disciplined of Janeites.
Sense and Sensibility is a tale of two sisters: the reserved, sensible Elinor, who finds Mr.
Nevertheless, this movie's style does capture the tenderness and melancholy of a book written by a woman who probably sensed her impending death.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1252/is_n5_v123/ai_18093490   (1424 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Sense And Sensibility: Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
On one level, the BBC's 1981 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility is a classic example of old-fashioned Sunday teatime drama.
In Elinor Dashwood, thanks to Irene Richard's subtle performance, it has one of Jane Austen's most appealing heroines: a troubled young woman who outwardly "manages" her thoughts but must come to terms with a world that is not as fl and white as she would have it.
Sense and Sensibility 1995 is great if you want to bring the story into life for young people of nowadays who need exaggerated feelings to feel and some action to think the movie is worth watching.
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 Amazon.co.uk: Sense And Sensibility [1996]: DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
And among this movie's greatest strengths is the manner in which it maintains that underlying theme of Austen's writing and brings it to a contemporary audience's attention.
Paintings were consulted for the movie's production design, and indeed, almost every camera frame - both landscapes and interiors - has the feeling of a picture by a period painter.
"Sense and Sensibility" revolves around Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, their quest for a suitable husband, and the sisters' relationship with each other.
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 adel34: My home page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
It was one of the most emotional movies that I saw in my entire life, but it was at the same time an amazing and very successful movie, and you can see that in the first few minutes because it touches emotions in every human being easily.
It was a great movie because of the excellent story, the good acting and the wonderful music.
The most interesting thing in any movie is to have a good story, but in ‘’ Sense and Sensibility’’, you can’t just find an excellent story, but also a well approached serial of events.
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 Sense And Sensibility Movie Search
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Movies like Sense And Sensibility may be good for a break from life, but burning excess energy by cleaning the house or taking a walk will leave you in a better state of mind.
Then when you are ready to relax, Sense And Sensibility will be there waiting for you.
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 KATEWINSLETFAN.COM | Filmography
The two have extremely divergent approaches to life: Elinor represents "sense" and believes in behaving with propriety and thoughtfulness, while Marianne represents "sensibility" and basks in her own emotions.
Thompson finished the Sense And Sensibility screenplay five years later, after appearing in seven films, in between which she worked on the script.
Sense And Sensibility was my first taste having to convince people to do what I wanted", Lee explained, as quoted in The Guardian (U.K.).
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 Amazon.com: Sense & Sensibility: Video: James Fleet,Tom Wilkinson,Harriet Walter,Kate Winslet,Emma Thompson,Gemma ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
And among this movie's greatest strengths is the manner in which it maintains that underlying theme of Austen's writing and brings it to a contemporary audience's attention.
"Sense and Sensibility" revolves around Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, their quest for a suitable husband, and the sisters' relationship with each other.
The movie focuses primarily on the two oldest sisters of the Dashwood family - Elinor (Emma Thompson) and her younger sister Marianne (Kate Winslet.) Elinor is practical and independent-minded, caught between her societal position as a woman and what she wants for herself.
www.amazon.com /Sense-Sensibility-James-Fleet/dp/6304057709   (2038 words)

  
 deseretnews.com - Movie review: Sense and Sensibility | Deseret Morning News Web edition
It's the latest — and finest — of the Jane Austen resurgence, "Sense and Sensibility," with a wonderful screenplay by Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson, who also stars as Elinor.
Full of little mysteries, unabashed romanticism and delightful comedy, "Sense and Sensibility" is an utterly winning comic melodrama.
"Sense and Sensibility" is rated PG, but there is nothing offensive (unless you are bothered by the cleavage of heaving bosoms in traditional 18th-century English garb).
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 Buy Sense And Sensibility online on DVD or VHS. Buy Sense And Sensibility Posters and Movie Sountrack.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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Sense And Sensibility movie soundtrack for sale online.
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 A Fine `Sensibility' / Emma Thompson adapts Jane Austen's classic story
There's an urgency about ``Sense and Sensibility'' that keeps the pedestrian problems of an unremarkable 18th century family immediate and personal.
``Sense and Sensibility'' builds a rooting interest early by confronting us with sneaky, selfish people who stand as impediments to love -- and the kind, intelligent Dashwoods, who are on a genuine journey of the heart.
But Grant is adorable in ``Sense and Sensibility'' -- shy and stammering (of course), wincing with discomfort, walking as though balancing a weight on his shoulders, and looking at people with sensitivity and care.
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 "SENSE AND SENSIBILITY" / a review from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Elinor and Marianne, when given the opportunity to travel to London, learn the truth about their heartthrobs and are forced to learn how to mix sense with sensibility.
The remainder of the movie is their attempts to commingle these two concepts.
Sense & Sensibility is a story that will keep an adult’s interest, but will be boring to the younger generation.
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 Sense and Sensibility Soundtrack Reviews @ Movie Music . com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Sense and Sensibility Soundtrack Reviews @ Movie Music.
When I watch the movie, the first thing that touches my soul is the music intro.
This is a very well-composed soundtrack that goes perfectly with the movie.
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 Sense and Sensibility - Movie Reviews, Photos & Videos, Layouts & Wallpapers, Fan Club | Flixster
Marianne, meanwhile, becomes swept up in a passionate affair with the dashing Willoughby, a very public romance conducted with so little prudence by Marianne that it earns her sister's disapproval.
As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.
Movie Pics and Wallpapers for Sense and Sensibility
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