Sense and Sensibility

Check out my full review @ https://www.bsbinsider.com/sense-and-sensibility-earns-its-own-place-next-to-the-1995-classic/ Rating: B SENSE AND SENSIBILITY is a well-made, well-acted new adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel, and it earns its own place next to it. Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles shine as Elinor and Marianne, and turning the sisters’ love into the main love story is the film’s best decision. The rest of the cast makes these roles their own, Georgia Oakley’s moody, nature-driven filmmaking gives it a distinct identity, and Roger Goula’s intimate score is a great companion throughout. It’s also a more serious, sentimental take that misses the humor and feels its runtime. At times it drifts into soap-opera territory, with a polite rather than charming romance between Elinor and Edward, and late twists that don’t land as hard as they should. I liked it enough. I just never...

I've never really been a fan of the period rom-com, but hats off to Georgia Oakley and Diana Reid for loosening some of the corset strings and presenting us with an actually quite amiable adaptation of Jane Austen's story of love and loss amongst the English upper-middle classes. Daddy "Dashwood" has passed away leaving his extensive property portfolio to his son by his first marriage (Tom Brooke) and so his second family that includes his widow (Caitríona Balfe) and their four daughters are out on their ear. Luckily, a distant cousin hears of their predicament and offers to help, so next thing they are all living in a substantial farmhouse as guests of the effusive and voluptuous "Mrs. Jennings" (Fiona Shaw) and her affable son-in-law "Sir John" (Turlough Convery). Now established in their new home, the story shifts to focus on their complex love lives and that sees "Elinor" (Daisy...