| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...has more sensibility than sense." more... |
C |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"The movie is a celebration of reading, and oddly enough that works..." more... |
A- |
Chicago Tribune
Matt Pais |
"Much of The Jane Austen Book Club drove me crazy, yet somehow I kinda liked it.: more... |
B- |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"There's comfort to be had in the plot geometry of The Jane Austen Book Club..." more... |
B |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"You need neither a deep appreciation for author Jane Austen nor an understanding of her six novels to recognize that The Jane Austen Book Club stinks." more... |
D+ |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"Chick-lit flick is hit and miss." more... |
B- |
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano |
"...a clever look at modern life and love." more... |
B |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...better than it sounds." more... |
B- |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"...such a well-acted, literate adaptation of Karen Joy Fowler¿s 2004 best seller that your impulse is to forgive it for being the formulaic, feel-good chick flick that it is." more... |
B- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...an example of how a movie can follow the general plot of a book yet fail to capture the spirit." more... |
B- |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak |
"...the actors are good -- especially Bello, Blunt... and Dancy." more... |
B- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"This is Austen lite, but pleasantly so." more... |
B |
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