Oh, Austenland — I wanted to love you.
You had it all.
A costume drama dressed up as romcom. Subject matter I enjoy ever so much. And a cast with the chops to make movie magic. So what went wrong?
I blame the director.
The premise was great fun — a Jane Austen addict on a total immersion vacation — and it’s not like everything missed the mark. But some of the actors were doing slapstick and others were letting the humor happen more naturally.
And in the same scenes, that difference was rather jarring.
I did develop a crush or two — on JJ Feild, who portrayed Mr. Henry Nobely (right), and Bret McKenzie as the estate worker Martin (and who you may recognize from Flight of the Conchords).
So, while the movie did not win my heart like a Sense and Sensibility or Pride and Prejudice, the men did.
Time well spent.
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Dick Close, a graphic designer and illustrator from Cincinnati, had a booth at the Francisco’s Farm Arts Festival in Midway, Kentucky. The artist also enjoys watercolor, and his favorite subject matter is candy and popsicles.
The Sticky Egg 
A weekend in the country
Oh, Austenland — I wanted to love you.
A costume drama dressed up as romcom. Subject matter I enjoy ever so much. And a cast with the chops to make movie magic. So what went wrong?
I blame the director.
The premise was great fun — a Jane Austen addict on a total immersion vacation — and it’s not like everything missed the mark. But some of the actors were doing slapstick and others were letting the humor happen more naturally.
And in the same scenes, that difference was rather jarring.
So, while the movie did not win my heart like a Sense and Sensibility or Pride and Prejudice, the men did.
Time well spent.
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Tagged a weekend in the country, actors, Austenland movie, books, Bret McKenzie, celebrities, commentary, costume drama, entertainment, Flight of the Conchords, Humor, Jane Austen, JJ Feild, movie cast, movie director, movie magic, movie premise, Movies, Pride and Prejudice, reviews, rom com, romantic comedy, Sense and Sensibility, slapstick comedy, subject matter, time well spent, total immersion, vacation