Synopsis
Nothing delights Emma more than meddling in the love lives of others. But when she takes protege Harriet Smith under her wing, her plans can only end in disaster...
Emma
2009 Directed by Jim O'Hanlon
Cast
Romola Garai Michael Gambon Jonny Lee Miller Tamsin Greig Jodhi May Laura Pyper Robert Bathurst Louise Dylan Rupert Evans Valerie Lilley Blake Ritson Christina Cole Jefferson Hall Louise Dylan Poppy Miller Jamie Glover Annabel Mullion Amy Loughton Nathaniel Gleed Dan Fredenburgh Joshua Jones Liza Sadovy Eileen O'Higgins Sarah Ovens Lyla Barrett-Rye Teddy Bunn Susie Trayling Sarah Gower Claire Gower
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Mr Knightley: Will you dance, dear Emma?
me, sobbing into my empty Thai food container, gently stroking my sweet oblivious pets as they lay on my lap, blissfully unaware of how truly unhinged their Jane Austen Hoe owner is: and dance they did..... my babies...... look at them go....
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4 Hour BBC adaptation of the Austen novel with Romola Garai as the oblivious matchmaker with a great head of hair. Unlike the previous adaptations I've seen (I haven't read more than a few pages of the book) the serial emphasizes the melodrama and sadness and anger of the story (the father's fear of Emma leaving home, the severe physical breakdowns of Harriet and Jane, two of Emma's unwitting victims, Frank's bitterness at his thwarted ambitions). The Alicia Silverstone and Gwyneth Paltrow versions are light, almost screwball comedies, gently poking fun at their slightly dim, self-obsessed heroines. This one emphasizes Emma's innocence, her profound lack of understanding of the world and the people around her. The series of misapprehensions that…
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the five stages of watching this w/ my brother, the reluctant costume drama stan:
"uuuugh why do you always make us watch these dry white people dramas?"
"wait. is this clueless? is that supposed to be paul rudd?"
"you should have just told me it was clueless. cher horowitz is an icon in any incarnation."
"that's definitely paul rudd. i can tell because they can't bare eachother but are obviously so in love."
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My favorite Austen adaptation, "Emma" is the film I turn to whenever I need a bit of wit and joy injected into my dull life.
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Best version !
Excellent performance from an excellent cast. What should we ask for more ?
I really like this story and I think Johnny Lee Miller makes a very good Mr Knightley !
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Lovely! If most of the characters are quite irritating and the ending for Harriet doesn’t feel quite natural
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The dance between Emma and Mr Knightley is one of the most romantic scenes I've ever watched.
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