Emma.
Emma.
Emma.
Directed by:
Autumn de WildeScreenplay:
Eleanor CattonCinematography:
Christopher BlauveltCast:
Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Bill Nighy, Callum Turner, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart, Josh O'Connor, Rupert Graves, Gemma Whelan, Chloe Pirrie, Tanya Reynolds (more)VOD (3)
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Jane Austen's beloved comedy about finding your equal and earning your happy ending, is reimagined in this delicious new film adaptation of "Emma". Handsome, clever, and rich, Emma Woodhouse is a restless queen bee without rivals in her sleepy little town. In this glittering satire of social class and the pain of growing up, Emma must adventure through misguided matches and romantic missteps to find the love that has been there all along. (Universal Pictures UK)
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Emma adaptations have never been wasted much, so a new film every quarter century really doesn't hurt. This version is a bit of a parody, and Miranda Hart is once again playing her solo part instead of playing a character from the novel (which has ruined more than one show for me)... but everything else more or less works in a different way than one would expect from an adaptation of an 1815 Austen novel. I'll be sure to watch the series as well.
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Having seen Amy Heckerling's Clueless (one of my guilty pleasures) many times before, which loosely adapts Jane Austen's “Emma”,I was somewhat familiar with the plot and had a good idea about how it would turn out. But this wasn’t bad, because in this case it is, after all, a direct adaptation. I really enjoyed the playful style of storytelling and the colorful sets and costumes. I liked the cast overall, Emma offers a multitude of different characters: the emancipated Emma, her hypochondriac father, the shy Harriet, the "Darcy-like" Knightley, the chatty Mrs Bates and the laughing priest Elton. The story flows along nicely, and even though it smacks of romance at the end, it still doesn't offend thanks to the pervasive feel-good atmosphere. A weaker four stars! P.S. Those men's collars were crazy!
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For me personally, the new Emma. falls way behind the original. While the original protagonist managed to seem nice despite her self-centeredness and thoughtlessness, the new one just annoyed me all the time. The biggest disappointment for me, though, was the cast with the exception of Bill Nighy (who got awfully little screen time). Anya Taylor-Joy was okay, but the rest just didn’t do it for me. Probably the biggest shock was casting Mia Goth in the role of Harriet Smith. When I compare her to Toni Collette… I would also like to know why Mr. Elton kept looking like a vampire approaching his victim's artery in a way that would put Dracula to shame. It was nice to see an alternative to the 1996 film, but I doubt I’ll ever want to watch it again.
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