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2016
PG
Roadside Attractions
1 h 30 m

2016
PG
Roadside Attractions
1 h 30 m

Summary Set in the opulent drawing rooms of eighteenth-century English society, Love & Friendship focuses on the machinations of a beautiful widow, Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale), who, while waiting for social chatter about a personal indiscretion to pass, takes up temporary residence at her in-laws’ estate. While there, the intelligent, fl...

Directed By: Whit Stillman

Written By: Whit Stillman, Jane Austen

2016
PG
Roadside Attractions
1 h 30 m

2016
PG
Roadside Attractions
1 h 30 m

Love & Friendship

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 36 Critic Reviews

87

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 119 User Ratings

6.8

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Summary Set in the opulent drawing rooms of eighteenth-century English society, Love & Friendship focuses on the machinations of a beautiful widow, Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale), who, while waiting for social chatter about a personal indiscretion to pass, takes up temporary residence at her in-laws’ estate. While there, the intelligent, fl...

Directed By: Whit Stillman

Written By: Whit Stillman, Jane Austen

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

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Universal Acclaim Based on 36 Critic Reviews

100% Positive
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Metascore

Universal Acclaim Based on 36 Critic Reviews

100% Positive
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May 30, 2016

The funniest, most deliciously venomous Jane Austen movie ever made, and conclusive proof that, a) Kate Beckinsale has been seriously undervalued by the movies and, b) Whit Stillman is a major, distinctive talent.

By Kim Newman FULL REVIEW

Feb 3, 2016

It’s flat-out hilarious – find me a funnier screen stab at Austen, and I’m tempted to offer your money back personally. Gliding through its compact 92 minutes with alert photography and not a single scene wasted, it’s also Stillman on the form of his life.

By Tim Robey FULL REVIEW

The Seattle Times

May 26, 2016

Love & Friendship is pure pleasure, from the lavishly precise sets and costumes to the pitch-perfect tone. It’s self-consciously mannered and merrily playful; a mixture that Austen herself might find just right.

By Moira Macdonald FULL REVIEW

May 13, 2016

Stillman pushes the comedy right up to the edge of screwball.

By Matt Zoller Seitz FULL REVIEW

New York Magazine (Vulture)

May 5, 2016

Only the generic title disappoints. Leo Rockas, who turned Lady Susan’s epistles into an Austen-esque novel, suggests Flirtation and Forbearance or Coquetry and Caution. But by any title this is a treat.

By David Edelstein FULL REVIEW

San Francisco Chronicle

May 19, 2016

Love & Friendship looks splendid. If the costumes by Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh (“Cavalry”) were any more beautiful, they’d be too beautiful.

By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Jan 31, 2016

Cheeky in its approach as well as spirited and good-natured, this enterprising adaptation of the author’s relatively unfamiliar early novella Lady Susan remains buoyant through most of its short running time but lacks the stirring emotional hooks found in the best Austen works, on the page as well as the screen.

By Todd McCarthy FULL REVIEW

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User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 119 User Ratings

68% Positive
81 Ratings

18% Mixed
22 Ratings

13% Negative
16 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 119 User Ratings

68% Positive
81 Ratings

18% Mixed
22 Ratings

13% Negative
16 Ratings

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Details

Production Company Westerly Films, Blinder Films, Chic Films, Revolver Amsterdam, Arte France Cinéma, Protagonist Pictures, Soficinéma 11, Cinémage 10, Nederlands Filmfonds, Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board, The Government of Ireland, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Netherlands Film Production Incentive

Release Date May 13, 2016

Duration 1 h 30 m

Rating PG

Genres

Tagline Opportunistic, devious, shrewd, calculating, cunning, unprincipled

Website https://www.facebook.com/LoveAndFriendshipMovie/

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Awards

London Critics Circle Film Awards

• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

• 1 Win & 7 Nominations

Irish Film and Television Awards

• 4 Nominations

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