I saw this film this afternoon, prepared to be delighted by the concept of a young woman spending her life savings to immerse herself in an Austen experience, and found it to be so trite, stupid, and otherwise dreadful I would not have stayed to the end if I had been alone. The inconsistencies of the characterizations (except for Jane Seymour, who was exactly the same in every scene), the dopiness of the concept (the use of a huge, elegant manor is supposed to be supported by exactly three guests), the tiresomeness of the set pieces, and the utterly vulgar, dismal script left wide open an opportunity for someone else to actually do it again, only next time making it worth watching. I agree with an earlier reviewer who contrasted it to "Lost in Austen," a clever, funny, well-plotted production, and found "Austenland" to have none of those qualities.
Review of Austenland
