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61 out of 100

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6.1 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 18 Ratings

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  • Starring: Amy Brenneman, Hugh Dancy, Kathy Baker
  • Summary: Six book-club members, six Austen books, and six story-lines are interwoven over six months in the busy modern setting of Sacramento, where city and suburban sprawl meet natural beauty. While the contemporary stories never slavishly parallel the Austen plots, the six characters find echoes, predictions, warnings, and wisdom about their own trajectories within Austen's beloved narratives. (Sony Pictures Classics)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 28
  3. Negative: 1 out of 28
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    88
    Chick Flick indeed! Guys, take your best buddy to see this movie. Tell him, "It's really cool, dude, even though there aren't any eviscerations."
  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Angie Errigo
    60
    Quite a nice little relationship comedy-drama, but essentially for an audience of what the French charmingly call 'women of a certain age'. Totally not the Superbad set, then.
  3. Charlotte Observer
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Toppman
    38
    It's almost impossible for a movie to go irrevocably wrong during the opening credits, but the ceaselessly irritating The Jane Austen Book Club does just that.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. SteveT.
    9
    A classy adaptation of a highly readable novel. High marks to all involved.
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  2. JimG.
    5
    Enjoyable for Austen fans.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. PatC.
    1
    A very boring self satisfied and pretentious film.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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