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Sense and Sensibility
MOVIE: PBS, Sunday 3/30 at 9:00p (90 minutes)


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Starring Hattie Morahan, Charity Wakefield, Dan Stevens, David Morrissey, Dominic Cooper, Janet McTeer, Claire Skinner, and Mark Williams

PBS's Masterpiece Theatre concludes its Jane Austen series with a new BBC adaptation of the Dashwood sisters' views of love and marriage.

GENRE(S):	Drama
CREATED BY:	Jane Austen (Novel)
FIRST AIR DATE:	March 30, 2008

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

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USA Today Robert Bianco

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.

Los Angeles Times Mary McNamara

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.

TV Guide Matt Roush

It lacks the star power (Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet) of Ang Lee's 1995 Oscar winner. But Austen's characters are so enduring and endearing in their virtues, vanities and passionate follies that they don't require movie stars to bring them to life.

Hollywood Reporter Laurence Vittes

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.

Variety Brian Lowry

Austen's simple tales of love -- deferred, nearly derailed but eventually and inevitably triumphant -- hold up extremely well, and this latest "Sense & Sensibility" has done a splendid job casting its various roles, despite an inevitable wattage deficit compared with the most recent theatrical version.

Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker

Expert casting deepens this version. Without stars as these youthful Dashwood sisters, the men are on equal footing.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

It never quite dazzles, even as it impresses, and it misses some of Austen's ironic turns. But this is certainly a worthy adaptation, summoning all that is enduring about Austen.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Jim Heinrich

The movie--as Jane Austen might have described it--is an amiable entertainment.

The New York Times Ginia Bellafante

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.

New York Magazine John Leonard

Nothing shameful here, but nothing either to prize it above Ang Lee’s marvelous 1995 version. This new Sense is, in fact, somewhat of a drag.

Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan

This well-intentioned Sense gets the job done.

The average user rating for this tv show is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Margie J. gave it a5:
Lacks subtle characterization of Ang lee version. We really didn't need this one.

Kim B. gave it a9:
Loved it - wonderfully acted.

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Sense and Sensibility MOVIE: PBS, Sunday 3/30 at 9:00p (90 minutes)

Sense and Sensibility
MOVIE: PBS, Sunday 3/30 at 9:00p (90 minutes)