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The story of Fanny Price, a poor relation growing up among the privileged Bertram clan and the sexual awakening of the young adults in the family set against the dark realities of the source of the family's fortune, the slave trade: At ten, Fanny is shipped from her rat-infested, hard-luck Portsmouth home to live with her wealthy relatives. There, she's seen as being inferior to her aristocratic,... See Full Description
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Drama, Romance and Adaptation |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 38 min. |
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| Release Date: |
November 17, 1999 NY/LA; November 24, 1999 Expands |
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| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 for brief violent images, sexual content and drug use. |
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| Distributors: |
Miramax Films
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$4,764,741 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
N/A
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CinemaSense,
"Stifled and tedious adaptation of an Austen classic strips the heroine of her usual power of perception and tongue." Full Review...
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Nitrate Online,
"Canadian filmmaker Patricia Rozema has liberated Jane Austen and Austen’s work from its pretty prison in her adaptation of Austen’s 'Mansfield Park.'" Full Review...
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CBC Infoculture: Jane Austen 200 years later,
Full Review...
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Culture Kiosque,
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