I will admit I fell in love with Keri Russell when she was 20-ish playing a 20-ish young lady in the TV series "Felicity." To me she has as close to the perfect looks and personality that I could hope for in a young lady, and I have enjoyed all her roles. She is the reason I saw this one, now as a 30-something sort of pushing 40.
Keri Russell plays Jane Hayes, a Jane Austen fan since she was quite young. In fact once we see her room, as her good friends observes she has become a Jane Austen addict. Plus, she is mostly poor and drives a Tercel.
(As an aside, I drive a Tercel, mine is 19 years old and running strong. I found it humorous when near the end of the movie her friend advised her to buy her Tercel back, presumably she sold it to finance her trip depicted here.)
The trip is to England to a getaway called "Austenland." There Jane Austen fans dress as Austen characters, meet various actors in various Austen characters, and spend a few days pretending they are in Austen's world.
This wouldn't be a Rom-Com if there were no romance and that comes in the form of JJ Feild, and American actor playing a Brit who is playing Mr. Henry Nobley, sort of the Darcy character. Problem is he really does fall for her and she has trouble sorting that out, even when he follows her back home after the vacation is over.
Jennifer Coolidge does her usual shtick as one of the vacationers, I can take her in small doses and had she been the featured character I would not have watched all of it. Oh, she is a good actress, but she is usually cast in these ultra goofy roles as here and I simply don't like them.
Overall a somewhat dull and lifeless movie, I enjoyed it only for Keri Russell. Miss Elizabeth Charming
Keri Russell plays Jane Hayes, a Jane Austen fan since she was quite young. In fact once we see her room, as her good friends observes she has become a Jane Austen addict. Plus, she is mostly poor and drives a Tercel.
(As an aside, I drive a Tercel, mine is 19 years old and running strong. I found it humorous when near the end of the movie her friend advised her to buy her Tercel back, presumably she sold it to finance her trip depicted here.)
The trip is to England to a getaway called "Austenland." There Jane Austen fans dress as Austen characters, meet various actors in various Austen characters, and spend a few days pretending they are in Austen's world.
This wouldn't be a Rom-Com if there were no romance and that comes in the form of JJ Feild, and American actor playing a Brit who is playing Mr. Henry Nobley, sort of the Darcy character. Problem is he really does fall for her and she has trouble sorting that out, even when he follows her back home after the vacation is over.
Jennifer Coolidge does her usual shtick as one of the vacationers, I can take her in small doses and had she been the featured character I would not have watched all of it. Oh, she is a good actress, but she is usually cast in these ultra goofy roles as here and I simply don't like them.
Overall a somewhat dull and lifeless movie, I enjoyed it only for Keri Russell. Miss Elizabeth Charming