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This sterling adaptation of Austen's third published novel, set in early 19th century Portsmouth, England, concerns Fanny Price (O'Connor), an intelligent young woman who is sent to live with her mother's wealthy family. Settling into her new life, Fanny is treated poorly by everyone except her cousin Edmund (Miller). The pair .. Read more

Starring	Embeth Davidtz, Jonny Lee Miller, Alessandro Nivola, Frances O'Connor
Director	Patricia Rozema
Genres	Drama

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- Fanny Price, Austin's timid, neurasthenic heroine is here transformed into a forceful writer (based on Rozema's view of Jane Austen herself); other alterations include shifting the action back in time to make points about the slave trade. More seriously,
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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  Mansfield Park on drugs
  
  This isn't an awful movie. It's quite watchable. Some of the acting, especially from Pinter is excellent.
  
  But the rest resembles those films ... read more »
  
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  - 07 Feb 2006 at 13:00
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  Typical Austen Storyline!
  
  This movie depicts a typical Austen story. It is well acted out and I think that Frances O'Conner is superb as the main character namely - Fanny Price. ... read more »
  
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  - Pershore
  - 12 Sep 2010 at 00:24
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  A Feisty Fanny and Harold Pinter
  
  (1999) This enjoyable film doesn’t really follow the book and attempts to interweave the story from the novel with parts of Austins’ life. The film is... read more »
  
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  - Cirsh
  - 35 reviews
  - Hebden Bridge
  - 29 Sep 2009 at 23:35
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  Mansfield park
  
  Good period drama, fantastic costumes.
  
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- - Mike99
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  - Sudbury
  - 12 Jun 2009 at 21:09
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  Mansfield Park
  
  Good adaptation of the classic. Not bad acting either.
  
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  - Luton
  - 08 Mar 2009 at 11:04
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  fantastic version
  
  this is my fav' version, def' worth a watch
  
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  - Epsom
  - 11 Jan 2009 at 01:05
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  mansfield park
  
  very good real period drama great film
  
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  - Hastings
  - 20 Nov 2008 at 20:22
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  Mansfield Park
  
  I really enjoyed this movie. The story is very light and you just know they love each other.
  
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  - Ashford, Kent
  - 11 Nov 2008 at 14:26
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  Mansfield Park
  
  Although not as faithful to the book, as I listened to the unabridged audiobook....compared to ITV's Mansfield Park.....it is great......Harold Pintar gave ... read more »
  
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  - Folkestone
  - 14 Sep 2008 at 03:39
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  Mansfield Park
  
  I love this adaptation on Jane Austens book, Frances and Johnny Lee Miller are the best Fanny and Edmund by far.
  
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- - Kat Wall
  - East Yorkshire, England
  - 30 Jul 2008 at 21:53
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  good film
  
  this is worth a watch
  
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  - 23 Jul 2008 at 15:40
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  Mansfield Park on drugs
  
  This isn't an awful movie. It's quite watchable. Some of the acting, especially from Pinter is excellent.
  
  But the rest resembles those films ... read more »
  
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- 203740
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  - Canterbury
  - 07 Feb 2006 at 13:00
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  Mangled & Corrupt
  
  According to the director Mansfield Park is a kind of Frankenstein creation. It mixes Jane Austen’s novel with Jane Austen’s life, as a result you are... read more »
  
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- - CampDougieLover
  - North Lanarkshire
  - 25 Apr 2005 at 15:59
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  Extremely disappointing
  
  I'm not a great fan of the novel, its my least favourite Austen, but it is possible to recognise and convey its structure and subtlety in a film. This on ... read more »
  
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  - 22 Nov 2004 at 12:17
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  Faithful to Jane Austen?
  
  Well, apparantly not since Austen's heroine, Fanny Price and her hero, the soon to take holy orders young Mr Bertram are both stuffy and uninteresting ... read more »
  
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- - Zamy
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  - 12 May 2005 at 10:26
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  Propaganda
  
  A facile, nauseating piece of political propaganda, which has nothing to do with Austen's novel. Slave-trade, patriarchal oppression, a wily feminist Fanny ... read more »
  
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  - Oxford, England
  - 11 Feb 2006 at 10:24
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  OK
  
  I'm not sure the makers of this film got the tone quite right - they didn't seem to capture the restraint of the era. The story is considerably abridged... read more »
  
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- - accompong
  - London, England
  - 02 Aug 2006 at 09:20
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  A Feisty Fanny and Harold Pinter
  
  (1999) This enjoyable film doesn’t really follow the book and attempts to interweave the story from the novel with parts of Austins’ life. The film is... read more »
  
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  - Cirsh
  - 35 reviews
  - Hebden Bridge
  - 29 Sep 2009 at 23:35
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  marred by american accent
  
  I had thought I was quite uncritical.... any Jane Austen adaptation is welcome to me! and although the actress playing Fanny as a child was good, she had an ... read more »
  
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  - a wind swept hill
  - 19 Dec 2004 at 00:07
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  An excellent film that builds on an excellent foundation
  
  All adaptations of Austen's work have had to change something about her books and style of writing to pander to a modern audience. This is one film that ... read more »
  
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- - Ella
  - Nottingham, England
  - 28 Sep 2005 at 13:01
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  True to the book
  
  Nicely done, strong acting form all, a little more advertising and this could have gone way further. Very true to the book and a biggie for all Jane Austin fans... read more »
  
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  - leics
  - 11 Sep 2006 at 09:38

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Critics' reviews
- Fanny Price, Austin's timid, neurasthenic heroine is here transformed into a forceful writer (based on Rozema's view of Jane Austen herself); other alterations include shifting the action back in time to make points about the slave trade. More seriously,
- 31367
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
- "...Rozema's untraditional approach to costume drama can be bracing....[The] performances are strong, and playwright Harold Pinter is particularly good..."
- 9876
- - USA Today
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...Rozema and her superb cast display a conviction uncommon to costume dramas....Much cinematic invention..." -- 4 out of 5 stars - Watch More Than Once
- 9874
- - Premiere
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- Rozema's fresh spin on Austen's most 'difficult' novel is not only her finest film to date, but one of the most... read more on Time Out
- 44603
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
- "...A tribute to Austen's storytelling skills....[The film has] dramatic and emotional payoffs..."
- 9873
- - Movieline
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...[The cast brings] an erotic heat and stinging humor to Austen's social satire..."
- 9875
- - Rolling Stone
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58

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