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Becoming Jane
Directed by
Julian Jarrold
PG
2007
2h
Drama
,
Romance
,
and more
7.0
58%
74%
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A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.
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Cast of Becoming Jane
Anne Hathaway
Jane Austen
James McAvoy
Tom Lefroy
Julie Walters
Mrs. Austen
James Cromwell
Mr. Austen
Maggie Smith
Lady Gresham
Joe Anderson
Henry Austen
Lucy Cohu
Eliza de Feuillide
Laurence Fox
Mr. Wisley
Ian Richardson
Richter Langlois
Anna Maxwell Martin
Cassandra Austen
Leo Bill
John Warren
Jessica Ashworth
Lucy Lefroy
Michael James Ford
Mr. Lefroy
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
Robert Fowle
Chris McHallem
Mr. Curtis
Helen McCrory
Mrs. Radcliffe
Michael Patric
Don Dogarty
Elaine Murphy
Jenny
Tom Maguire
Miscreant
Julian Jarrold
Director
Kevin Hood
Writer
Sarah Williams
Writer
Graham Broadbent
Producer
Robert Bernstein
Producer
Douglas Rae
Producer
James Flynn
Producer
Morgan O'Sullivan
Producer
James Saynor
Producer
Becoming Jane Ratings & Reviews
Premiere Magazine
Debbie Day
"The reality of love's disappointments enriches the film's heroine, who never married in real life, and brings a 200-year-old figure into living focus."
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
Not only is that a huge stretch of the facts, it makes for a dull and overly familiar melodrama.
TIME Magazine
Richard Schickel
Hathaway never makes us think the woman could write anything more complex than a diet book.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
This never rises above a date movie, but it's functionally literate (the lovers have some pleasant banter about the realistic merits of Tom Jones) and features a fine supporting turn from Ian Richardson.
Associated Press
Christy Lemire
Becoming Jane becomes a rather ordinary, though sporadically entertaining, game of dress-up.
Austin Chronicle
Toddy Burton
Becoming Jane attempts to please the purists and the dreamers, but only results in disappointing both.
Wall Street Journal
Joanne Kaufman
Austen comes off here more as stenographer than writer.
Newsweek
David Ansen
The movie goes down easy, but there's a thin line here: is this an homage or a parasite?
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Clearly embraces the spirit of the beloved novelist.
The New Yorker
Anthony Lane
Once you admit that the Jane Austen depicted onscreen bears scant relation to any person named Jane Austen, living or dead, the film fulfills its purpose.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
The movie has an immense charm that sneaks up on you. Ultimately, it's a delicate ode to love and honor -- and to writing and reading.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
There's a lot to recommend Becoming Jane, particularly the performances. Hathaway does more than survive. If she doesn't seem like a literary genius, she at least seems like a worthy Austen heroine -- intelligent, independent and brave.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
Becoming Jane is one of those perfectly charming and well put together motion pictures I desperately want to like more than I actually do.
Newsday
Gene Seymour
Hathaway is too good an actress not to deliver more than just a grand star turn and she's able to carry the story of Austen's.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
Unlike an Austen story, Becoming Jane doesn't suffer from a predictable third act, and the characters aren't quite so schematic.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
We can't quite shake the feeling we've seen this all done before, and better.
Houston Chronicle
Bruce Westbrook
The film seduces. Beautifully produced, from production design and costumes to music and performances, it's also faithful to the genteel spirit and repressed passions for which she's known.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
Explains Austen's art simply and neatly: too simply, in fact, to do justice to such a brilliant observer of social manners and hypocrisies and weaver of complex, romantic moral tales.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
This 'haven't we seen this before?' sensibility is anything but a downside. It's the draw of director Julian Jarrold's good-looking, entirely pleasant revel.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The director, Julian Jarrold, is comfortable with the material, and it is comfortable with him.
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