julianemnt When I discovered that Austen's novel, Lady Susan, was finally adapted to the screen, I felt really happy, because is one of my favorite works by the author, and it is very underrated. When I've read the cast that would be in this film, i knew it was a dead cause before start to watching. I wished to be wrong, but I was right. It was so mediocre and it made the original plot so flat, so incoherent that at the end I was angry, really angry. The characters were reduced almost to extras (specially the Vernon family) and even Lady Susan became a weak character in this film ( Kate Backingsale was a poor choice, it felt like they were aiming Catherine Zetta Jones but only could pay for Backingsale). Lady Susan is originally seductive, smart, mean , very manipulative and with a strong presence. All the time in this movie she was just a mature good looking woman with terrible arguments to assure her fame. Sevigny was also a terrible choice, her acting was the worst! Her character was supposed to be as mean and manipulative as Susan Vernon, extremely frivolous, not only someone saying lines with barely no expression. The plot rushes in such a way that it makes impossible to believe in some of the characters choices and feelings and becomes completely boring after 20 minutes. It was a mess, i do not recommend this one, go read the book.

dissident320 I have not read the Jane Austen novella this is based on but it was a nice simple movie that I don't think will remember a week from now. I really enjoyed the character introductions. They would show them with title cards as they stood outside the house. It seems like a simple thing but it was nice device that also gave you a little introduction to what the character might be like. The actual story is nothing of note. There's some romantic and marriage drama but the dialogue is fun throughout. Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny play off each other well. Tom Bennett is enjoyable in this if only to see other characters react to him. All in all, I wouldn't make a point to watch this but if it shows up on TV it's worth a watch.

Andres-Camara It's a movie that, as it starts, for my taste, it gets you out of it. That presentation of the characters so televised, I found it so unpleasant that I could no longer enter. It is also something that repeats constantly. Apart from that it is a film made to make a critic about a fact and an era and a way of life and for me it is as simple as what criticizes.I can not believe any actor. They are all very bad. None makes a mere good sequence.I have not stopped seeing shadows on the walls, even when they walk the actors are seen shadows. In addition to having a photograph of the most television. It has an ugly light.The direction is downright bad, he can not make anything believable, he does not know that he bores, he plans in a simple and ugly way.Music, even from that time, does not stick. It is very badly placed.With the great period films that there is this will not happen to the annals of the cinema

Brianna Gonzales First of all, yes, I'm a big fan of Jane Austen and I truly felt this movie did justice to her writing. Kate Beckinsale gave a terrific performance, and she was deliciously mean and sexy through the whole story. The sets and locations were beautiful, they really transported you to the time period (along with the lush costumes and makeup. I felt the supporting cast did a very good portraying their characters but Kate Beckinsale kept all eyes on her. Hard to believe this is the same actress who goes and do Underworld when she is so good at actual acting; and not just being dangerously sexy. I did feel the movie was kept contained like a page inside a book. There was a bit more that could have been done to create a bigger world, but the budget was probably limited. Terrific movie.