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pointyfilippa The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Jerrie It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

alpg49 If you like the musical "Grease", and I don't, and if you think 19th century British upper crust culture was exciting and vibrant, and I don't, then you might like this movie. This is a view of young people, totally devoid of responsibility, trying to decide who to take to the prom. Wait! ... not the prom, the altar. We constantly see evidence of actual work: the meals are elegantly set, various outdoor venues for embroidery or archery are set, but we only see one servant in the entire movie. He stands perfectly still, out of focus in the background, and has no lines. When the "lower classes" actually move around, they immediately attack 2 defenseless ladies. I'm giving it 3 stars for sets and costumes. The actors mostly hit their marks and remember their lines. There is no passion whatsoever in anything they do. I say, lock them all in their elegantly appointed staterooms in the Titanic.

lasttimeisaw In Jane Austin's EMMA, our protagonist Emma (Paltrow) is a 22-year-old keen matchmaker in rural 1800s England, especially when she successfully acts as a go-between between her governess Miss Taylor (Scacchi) and the middle-aged widower Mr. Weston (Cosmo), at their wedding, she is determined to find a proper suitor for her kind-hearted but diffident friend Harriet Smith (Collette), this time her aim is Mr. Elton (Cumming) from a rich family. Soon the match turns into mis-match, Emma not only sabotages Harriet's promising wedlock with a young farmer for whom she obviously has feelings, but misinterprets Mr. Elton's courtship and when the truth lays bare, Mr. Elton's real intention is towards the busybody Emma herself, he leaves promptly and quickly marries himself off, the new Mrs. Elton (Stevenson) is a obnoxious snob, epitomises the quintessential importance of being recognised by those around, which is what every dignified person ostensibly but firmly clings to. Poor Harriet is still single, but there are many things going on in the village, Emma is living with his father, her mother passed away and her sister is married, but Mr. Knightley (Northam), her brother-in-law, is her confidant. The next hopeful is Mr. Weston's son Frank Churchill (McGregor), who is exuberantly charming enough to stir Emma's uppity affection. Everyone involved actually is a pretty closed clique, soon or later, each of them will marry to each other on the basis of families of familiar backgrounds, whereas the leftovers, such as the spinster Miss Bates (Thompson) who is living with her deaf mother (Law), has to become the laughing stock with her excessive adulation and to keep her awkward predicament under her hat. Even though Emma contends that being an independent single woman is a fashion she is aspired to endorse, but she is only 22, what a wide-eyed profession!Nevertheless, everyone has his or her own hidden agenda, in the Austenland, gossips are all- powering catalysts in their inadequate social entertainment, and a blunt incident of malice towards the innocent Miss Bates from Emma, delicately caused by her own emotional slip, finally sorts things out in its own manner, Emma begins to realise whom she really falls for out of a hurtful reproach from Mr. Knightley, and the rest is in the hand of a happy ending where each unwed deserves his or her own half, save Miss Bates, unfortunately. A period costume picture strikes directly at my soft spot, and the overall performance is suitably orchestrated, Paltrow previses her triumph in Shakespeare IN LOVE (1998, 7/10) here she liberates a force of dearness despite of Emma's inbuilt flaws, she is a young lass hobbled in her rustic vantage point, and a fetching soul awaits her prince charm to pay her dues; Northam would also reprise his good-hearted gentleman stature in AN INDEAL HUSBAND (1999, 8/10), a too-perfect and role model with impeachable moral integrity may fall into blandness, but he surely peps up the much-anticipated game-changer with his ear-friendly cadence. Stevenson and Thompson, both inject bountiful comical fodder to the innocuous farce, take no prisoners in their endeavour of mockery with a scintilla of detectable self-awareness. EMMA recapitulates a mostly desired bygone cultural soil where satire and romance are embedded with ostensible proprieties and exquisite garments, a qualified Austen screen adaption indeed, leastwise, it is a lighthearted variant of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, only this time, there is too much pride and not enough prejudice to stir the entanglement.

wlisa8583 Emma is one of my least favorite Jane Austen novels, so it took a while for me to get round to watching this version. However, I was pleasantly surprised and found it much more enjoyable than the Kate Beckinsale version.Gwyneth did a decent job, although I must state that the script portrayed Emma as a terribly spoilt snob, and I rather disliked her in the film and couldn't understand why Mr Knightley would admire her so when really, she was just dreadful. I certainly don't remember finding her so unbearable in the novel.What I love about Jane Austin's work is that her characters are so witty and endearing, despite their faults, but that was not the case in this film. I certainly didn't care for Emma one bit and would have preferred it had the totally bland but sweet Harriet ended up with him instead.Mr Knightley was a far better character in the film; far less critical, more gentle and appealing, and not the stiff, critical bore I found him to be in the novel. And the casting of Jeremy Northam was pure genius, for every girl knows that having a hunky romantic lead is essential in an Austen movie.This film was well made and did justice to the novel. The acting was rather good, but I didn't love this film the way I do other Jane Austen film's, and wouldn't be compelled to watch it again.

RyanCShowers I can't find any more ways to say the word cute while taking notes during the film, because that's Emma in a nutshell. It's a petite, innocent, and simplistic movie that is sure to keep you involved in the story. It features some wonderful dialogue in Jane Austen's novel. It's a nicely composed film, even if the music is not utilized at time as it should be. Gwyneth Paltrow's performance shines like the champagne she drinks in the film, in a breakout role any actress would die for. Paltrow is ever-so-charming as the title character, and puts forth the effort to make this a memorable film and role.Emma is the type of film you'll love watching, it's even appropriate for children, the problem with it is that the fluff is light enough to carry the film into the family genre. There's no depth or artist storytelling, behind the film's green glass, clear water, long candlesticks, opulent furniture, exquisite flowers and classy decor. It does play off some classic fables, but never stomps on any new ground. It's just an amusing time.Emma is a delightful film, that's cute and fluffy with some fantastic visuals and a sparkling leading performance from Gwyneth Paltrow. Rating: 7/10; Grade: B+