The Jane Austen Book Club Page #10

Synopsis: Explores Austen's adage that general incivility is at love's essence. Sylvia's husband dumps her for another woman, so Bernadette and Jocelyn organize a book club to distract her. They recruit Sylvia's daughter Allegra; Prudie, a young teacher whose marriage may be on the rocks; and Grigg, a sci-fi fan who joins out of attraction to Jocelyn. The six read and discuss one Austen novel per month. Jocelyn tries to interest Grigg in Sylvia; Allegra falls in love with a woman she meets skydiving; Prudie contemplates an affair with a student; Sylvia's ex keeps popping up. In the discussions, characters reveal themselves in their comments. By the end, are truths universally acknowledged?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Robin Swicord
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
61
Rotten Tomatoes:
66%
PG-13
Year:
2007
106 min
$3,334,613
Website
998 Views


And this way it's up to you.

My sisters and me,

I wouldn't say we ruined him,

but he's just way too considerate

to make the first move.

- Hey.

- Hey.

I was just wishing that Austen

had written a bunch more books, you know?

I'm gonna miss this.

"All of the ladies were contented to pass

quietly and carefully down the steep flight,

"excepting Louisa.

"She must be jumped down them

by Captain Wentworth.

"She was safely down and instantly,

to show her enjoyment,

"ran up the steps to be jumped down again.

"He advised her against it, but no..."

Shoot.

I'm so sorry. I should've called first.

I read these books.

I love them.

I couldn't stop reading.

I went to the all-night newsstand on

State Street to buy Searoad, the next one,

- but they didn't have it, and...

- Do you wanna borrow Searoad?

I mean, I have... You know, there...

There are other writers that you might like.

Hey.

Hi, honey.

I didn't expect you back so soon.

Wait, wait, wait.

Hey, has anyone read those

Patrick O'Brian novels?

- British Navy.

- Yeah. Jane Austen's navy, 1805.

Yeah. But aren't there, like, 20 of them?

- There's more of us now.

- I'm in.

- Oh, my God, is that Bernadette?

- I thought she was in Costa Rica.

Buenas noches, everyone.

This is Senor Obando.

- Hola.

- Hello.

- Hello.

- He's working on his English.

- I'm working on my Spanish.

- Hello.

And so far I have te amo.

And mi esposo.

- Oh, my God!

- Congratulations!

- That's incredible!

- That's incredible. Congratulations!

- Oh, it's gorgeous.

- Thank you.

- I'm so happy for you.

- Congratulations.

- Dad, check it out.

- Well, let's get you a drink, Mr. Darcy.

- Don't be gone too long.

- Yikes. That makes seven.

- What?

- Yeah.

Hey, guys. Guys.

He hasn't read a word of Austen.

Oh, poor man.

Ah, yeah. We'll fix that.

- Cheers!

- Cheers!

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Robin Swicord

Robin Stender Swicord (born October 23, 1952) is an American screenwriter and film director. She is known for literary adaptions.In 2008, her screenplay for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was nominated for Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. She wrote the screenplay for the film Memoirs of a Geisha, based on the novel of the same name by Arthur Golden, for which she won a 2005 Satellite Award. Her other screenplay credits include Little Women, Practical Magic, Matilda, The Perez Family, and Shag. more…

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