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  • 2008
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  • 2008
  • TV-14
  • BBC
Sense and Sensibility

Summary From award-winning director Andrew Davies comes the latest adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. The story follows two young sisters, Marianne and Elinor Dashwood, whose lives are thrown into chaos after the death of their father, and they go on a journey of romantic and self discovery. Although their chances of marriage see...

  • 2008
  • TV-14
  • BBC
  • 2008
  • TV-14
  • BBC

Sense and Sensibility

Season 1 Premiere: Jan 1, 2008
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
79
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings
5.2
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Summary From award-winning director Andrew Davies comes the latest adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. The story follows two young sisters, Marianne and Elinor Dashwood, whose lives are thrown into chaos after the death of their father, and they go on a journey of romantic and self discovery. Although their chances of marriage see...

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This two-part production expands and opens the story without diminishing the charm or appeal of Austen's original or pushing it past her socially constrained boundaries.
By Robert Bianco FULL REVIEW
90
This Sense and Sensibility is truer not only to Austen's narrative, it more successfully captures the quiet precision of her singular mind--she was the master of finding poetry in domestic detail, and for that, the small screen is much better suited than the large.
By Mary McNamara FULL REVIEW
80
Expert casting deepens this version. Without stars as these youthful Dashwood sisters, the men are on equal footing.
By Hal Boedeker FULL REVIEW
80
The production is handsome in the dreamy BBC style, and writer Andrew Davies has done his usual efficient distillation job, including adding a few imaginative touches involving galloping horses and nubile young bodies that would have surprised Austen.
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70
We surely didn’t need another filmed version of Austen’s first published novel--not after Ang Lee’s sublime adaptation of “Sense and Sensibility” 13 years ago--but we are content enough to have this one.
By Ginia Bellafante FULL REVIEW
70
The movie--as Jane Austen might have described it--is an amiable entertainment.
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70
This well-intentioned Sense gets the job done.
By Maureen Ryan FULL REVIEW

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  • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Initial Release Date: Jan 1, 2008
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
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Awards

Shanghai International TV Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 2 Nominations
Costume Designers Guild Awards
• 1 Nomination

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