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One man can make me feel this way.
ALAN RICKMAN, thats all you need to say, i know there are other stellar performances in this Gem of a movie that i have watched countless times, but ALAN RICKMAN is brilliant, sexy, so kind, patient, loving, its his voice, those eyes, that profile, Thank you God for Alan, thank you!

Beautiful adaptation of Jane Austen
Ang Lee has turned out an eclectic collection of movies. This adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility was one of the best. Jane Austen was reputed for her set of novels about romance and their relationship with money. This was one of the best novels. It revolves around the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. It shows how people react to love, avarice and the quality of generosity in times of need. The movie revolves around sensitivity of the people and has no gore, this turns off a lot of the men (calling it a chick flick). That is really unfortunate because, this movie deals with human emotions in a beautiful manner and shows how two people different from each other can still be lovely. The movie captures the family and their closeness, they way they handle their sudden relative poverty in a lovely way. In fact, Jane Austen wrote 7 novels, of which 4 of them, Emma, Pride and Prejudice, and Mansfield Park were adapted for screen and were successful. Given that she wrote them so long ago, she is probably one of the most successful lady authors.

The cast is fantastic, both the men and the women. Starting from Emma Thompson to Kate Winslet in the women to Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman in the men, they play it out very well against each other. This movie had Emma Thompson win the screenplay against Randall Wallace in Braveheart, a richly deserved one. I am glad for that, for a change, an award was given to an intelligently written piece instead of one based on no historical value, gore and violence. This movie has both the comedy and the sadness that was common then and is played well. The comedy is understated from Hugh Grant (to go as a deckhand in a ship), sarcastic from Kate Winslet (I have said yes and no), sly from Emma Thompson (praise indeed). The harshness comes from Fanny (Harrier Walter) who comes through very well as the greedy sister-in-law. The other person whose harshness comes out is John Willowby (Greg Wise) who is in love with Kate but spurns it for money. The music is also beautiful. Among all the Jane Austen adaptations recently, I would rate this among the best. I find this a welcome change to Braveheart, in realism, intellectual value and points that it conveys. It is sad that the present day world does not see this and is swayed by the easy ways of blood and gore. There are some variations between the movie and the book, but they are minor. In general, the movie is true to the book. There was an earlier adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, with Lawrence Olivier and Greer Garson which was also outstanding. However, that has not been released on DVD, it is only on Laserdisc.

The most superb version of an Austen novel ever filmed!
Together with the 1995 Ehle-Firth Pride and Prejudice, this is the finest film version of an Austen novel. Thompson's script is marvelous and her perfomance is very moving. All of the acting is compelling. The interesting result is that the movie seems to have more depth and emotional power than the novel itself. A must-see for Austen (or Thompson) fans.

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