Sense And Sensibility
Set in rural Georgian England, the story of two beautiful sisters who have totally differing attitudes to life and love as they search for true love and happiness in a society obsessed with both financial and social status. Based on the novel by Jane Austen. Read more
| Starring | Irene Richard, Tracey Childs, Diana Fairfax |
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| Genres | Drama |
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Most helpful members' reviews (3)
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7 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Amature and poor
it's a BBC play, not a film. The acting is poor and the sound is dreadful. I watched the first 15 minutes and had quite enough. Poor Jane Austen, I bet she would have cringed at viewing this heap of poo!
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Don't bother and watch the film instead
Having seen the film version with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet and liked it, I decided to compare it with this BBC adaptation.
I was incredibly disappointed - the acting was staid, the setting dreary, and scenery not at all remarkable. Having a good impression of BBC adaptations of the Classics, I didn't expect the poor quality of this film.
Marianne is about as lively as a stone, and Elinor act like she's not even alive. Frankly, my CD version read by Juliet Stevenson is much more exciting. -
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Good - closer to reality than the film
I have not yet actually read a Jane Austen book - don't know if I ever will..so if this is critical to you then ignore me now.
I enjoyed this and watched it all in one go. I found to the two female characters to be highly believable as real women - the film version which many know is good but perhaps all of the characters are just a bit too charismatic, too modern, even the one's that are supposed not to be (eg. Alan Rickman) - if you imagine this from the point of view of a docudrama ie. a representation of real events of that period in England, with 'just any old people' rather than film stars, then this version comes across as being much more authentic. -
Most recent members' reviews (2)
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Oh dear!
As this dramatisation was made in 1980, I expected it to be a little lacking in comparison with more recent Jane Austen adaptations on both small and large screen; however it was a great deal worse than I expected. Ellinor's character was dull and wooden and largely unsympathetic. I managed to sit through it all, but would never recommend it to anyone as anything other than a mildly interesting comparison with later much better offerings.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Don't bother and watch the film instead
Having seen the film version with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet and liked it, I decided to compare it with this BBC adaptation.
I was incredibly disappointed - the acting was staid, the setting dreary, and scenery not at all remarkable. Having a good impression of BBC adaptations of the Classics, I didn't expect the poor quality of this film.
Marianne is about as lively as a stone, and Elinor act like she's not even alive. Frankly, my CD version read by Juliet Stevenson is much more exciting.
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7 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Amature and poor
it's a BBC play, not a film. The acting is poor and the sound is dreadful. I watched the first 15 minutes and had quite enough. Poor Jane Austen, I bet she would have cringed at viewing this heap of poo!
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Don't bother and watch the film instead
Having seen the film version with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet and liked it, I decided to compare it with this BBC adaptation.
I was incredibly disappointed - the acting was staid, the setting dreary, and scenery not at all remarkable. Having a good impression of BBC adaptations of the Classics, I didn't expect the poor quality of this film.
Marianne is about as lively as a stone, and Elinor act like she's not even alive. Frankly, my CD version read by Juliet Stevenson is much more exciting. -
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Good - closer to reality than the film
I have not yet actually read a Jane Austen book - don't know if I ever will..so if this is critical to you then ignore me now.
I enjoyed this and watched it all in one go. I found to the two female characters to be highly believable as real women - the film version which many know is good but perhaps all of the characters are just a bit too charismatic, too modern, even the one's that are supposed not to be (eg. Alan Rickman) - if you imagine this from the point of view of a docudrama ie. a representation of real events of that period in England, with 'just any old people' rather than film stars, then this version comes across as being much more authentic. -
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
No
Don't watch it, I was bored within the first 5 mins, there are better more modern versions.
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Oh dear!
As this dramatisation was made in 1980, I expected it to be a little lacking in comparison with more recent Jane Austen adaptations on both small and large screen; however it was a great deal worse than I expected. Ellinor's character was dull and wooden and largely unsympathetic. I managed to sit through it all, but would never recommend it to anyone as anything other than a mildly interesting comparison with later much better offerings.
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Absolutely terrible!
This was without doubt the worst BBC adaption I have ever seen! I managed to force myself to watch 10 minutes before turning off in disgust. The acting was wooden!
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what sacrilegious torment!
This should have been wonderful, i greatly enjoy Austen, but this production was enough to put one off in the first five minutes, so i watched the remainder of it on fast-forward to my favourite parts.It is of very poor quality - probably before the invent of soundproof studios, very slow and you almost see the actors waiting to be given their cue to speak, and sorry there is no depth or feeling!. nil point
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classic
This was ok - but not the best classic i've seen. In all honesty it could do with an updated version
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painful
Switched it off after trying to stay awake. It was like watching paint dry, the cast appeared equally bored... a waste of money...
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1980 - says it all
Do you fancy a trip back in time? to when 4:3 was the format of the day, and colour television was a new thing.
It also appears that acting was a new thing at the time - because otherwise these people would have been swiftly sacked.
Perhaps there was a food poisoning epidemic and all the primary actors made way for their (poor) understudies - to be honest, I'm not sure as I could only manage 30 minutes of this before I myself had D&V.
Perhaps you could buy this as a present for your least favourite relative.
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