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Movie Review: Sense And Sensibility

Movie Review: Sense and Sensibility


Ang Lee, who directed, and Emma Thompson, who adapted the screenplay, have
done an excellent job of bringing Jane Austen's Victorian novel, Sense and
Sensibility, to the movie screen. The movie's collection of actors are a joy to
watch as they bring out the emotions of an otherwise polite and reserved era in
time. The production work is top notch with bright, cascading photography that
sets a romantic "I wish I was there" setting. The purpose of the Sense and
Sensibility is to bring out the romance in all of us and show us that Austen's
philosophy of love exists today as much as it did two centuries ago.
Sense and Sensibility could rightly be classified as a love story, but
that would just scratch the surface of what this movie has to offer. It is also
a period piece, giving us a chance to visit English society in the nineteenth
century. Director Ang Lee brought us to this historic time with beautifully
constructed sets and sites that drop us right into the country cottage of our
heroines. This natural scenery, with its wide sweeping camerawork warps us back
to a time without the loud annoyances of TV and machinery. By this example Lee
sets the stage for the story to begin..
If there is one thing that keeps this movie constantly going is the work
of the superb actors. The talent of the actors suited the roles they played,
and their mastering of the characters bring personality and feeling to the
screen. The story of the movie bases around two of these such characters who
happen to be undergoing the same feelings of love but in strikingly different
ways. Kate Winslet plays the wild, fatally romantic Marianne who cannot control
her feelings. Opposite her is the experienced Emma Thompson who plays the
reserved, intelligent Eleanor who is far more sensitive than she ever lets on.
These two sisters embark on a romantic adventure that finds them searching for
the right man. The two actors compliment each other...