Kirpianuscus a nice film. not great, not spectacular. only touching. for the fine irony, for admirable work of JenniferCoolidge, for the impact between every day life and literature of Jane Austen and, sure, for the lovely use of need to escape from ordinary existence in a new form of fairy tale. a film who seduce, step by step. because it is charming, wise in the mix between desires/expectations and a artificial universe, preserving the air of novel and giving an useful lesson about the dreams and reality. because it impose a version of the escape in fiction who could be the same for the child in front with the books of his age or for the adult looking the right choices in Pride and Prejudice. short, a nice film. and that is a precious virtue.

bagabaga77-1 Austenland could have been all that the cast and concept promised, but its many unbelievable plot details wrecked that chance. The main character went from being a proud Austen addict to a wimp putting up with far too much humiliation for not much gain. Keri Russell as Jane the addict pays all of her life's savings for the bargain package at a place in England called Austenland. The loosely 'Regency' activities take place in a building that looks just like Darcy's home in Pride and Prejudice, but there any connection with Jane Austen ends. Jane Seymour is sometimes funny as a harridan; Bret McKenzie seems too convincing as a lover to believably be someone acting as a nefarious schemer; and Jennifer Coolidge is embarrassing. JJ Feild's performance shines as the only real person amidst a crowd of fakes. The only reason to watch this movie is to see what some people think is the value of Jane Austen -- and to be happy that even this sort of nonsense cannot diminish her.

richard-1787 This could have been a clever movie, if, granted, one that would have played to a limited audience. A Jane Austen devotee journeys to Austenland, something of a theme park built around Austen and her novels, to live in the world she has come to know through her reading and has a series of adventures, good and bad, meeting others who share her passion.That's not what we get, though, largely because the script and Jane, the character who is supposedly an Austen fanatic, show little knowledge of Austen's books. Indeed, Jane arrives at Austenland to discover only one other "client," a woman who knows nothing about Austen at all. So why did she go to Austenland? Jane doesn't seem to know Austen's works very well, either. Just a little superficial trivia. A real Austen fan would cite scenes and quote passages on a regular basis. As I said, that would limit the potential audience for this movie, but since it seems to have been a flop anyway...The ending is right out of a second-rate rom-com.So, I'd suggest taking a pass on this movie. If there is anything that distinguishes the dialogue in Austen's novels, it's wit - and that, along with any real knowledge of Austen's works, is sorely lacking in this movie, which goes for broad comedy - when it remembers to go for comedy at all.

TxMike I will admit I fell in love with Keri Russell when she was 20-ish playing a 20-ish young lady in the TV series "Felicity." To me she has as close to the perfect looks and personality that I could hope for in a young lady, and I have enjoyed all her roles. She is the reason I saw this one, now as a 30-something sort of pushing 40.Keri Russell plays Jane Hayes, a Jane Austen fan since she was quite young. In fact once we see her room, as her good friends observes she has become a Jane Austen addict. Plus, she is mostly poor and drives a Tercel.(As an aside, I drive a Tercel, mine is 19 years old and running strong. I found it humorous when near the end of the movie her friend advised her to buy her Tercel back, presumably she sold it to finance her trip depicted here.)The trip is to England to a getaway called "Austenland." There Jane Austen fans dress as Austen characters, meet various actors in various Austen characters, and spend a few days pretending they are in Austen's world.This wouldn't be a Rom-Com if there were no romance and that comes in the form of JJ Feild, and American actor playing a Brit who is playing Mr. Henry Nobley, sort of the Darcy character. Problem is he really does fall for her and she has trouble sorting that out, even when he follows her back home after the vacation is over.Jennifer Coolidge does her usual shtick as one of the vacationers, I can take her in small doses and had she been the featured character I would not have watched all of it. Oh, she is a good actress, but she is usually cast in these ultra goofy roles as here and I simply don't like them.Overall a somewhat dull and lifeless movie, I enjoyed it only for Keri Russell. Miss Elizabeth Charming