Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Kirpianuscus a delicate form of propaganda . for literature. and for the transformation of life under its influence. because it is a beautiful film about people. women, as source of change. men as students. or pieces of change. and, sure, all present, Jane Austen. and her novels. I admit, for me it is one of the most inspired , source of inspiration itself, film about Jane Austen universe. not only as homage. but as wise example of translation of the Austen - mania.

M Campbell I liked the Jane Austen Book Club, it was a really charming tale of 6 people (5 women and 1 male) that get together to read Jane Austin's complete works. But it's really not as much about Jane Austin, but rather the intricacies of relationships between men and women. Having one male to give the masculine point of view to the females in the group was the balance. Of course he (Hugh Dancy) joins the group at 1st to get closer to a woman (Maria Bello) in the group that he met, not knowing she's actually trying to set him up with her friend (Amy Brenneman) that's going through a divorce. The other women in the group are all dealing with various relationship problems from a lesbian breakup to a woman who believes her husband is having an affair, and actually wants to compensate for this by being attracted to a younger man. OK, OK yes it is a chick flick, but as a male you might want to watch it to see what makes women tick (LOL). They try to imply that Austin's characters are timeless because they continue to apply to the people of this decade as well as when they were written in the 1800s. But it's not a silly comparison, just brief mentions of certain characters and then you see how they might fit into one of the dysfunctional relationships all these women seem to be in at the moment. It's light, it's touching, it's make believe. Hugh Dancy is charming as the single male in the group, and of course we women see him as a male we could relate to and love. Whereas Jimmy Smits as the cheating husband going through the divorce who now wants to come back to the marriage he left was a bit of a woman's fantasy about divorced men(definitely not reality). Emily Blunts portrayal of the frustrated woman who's tempted to have an affair with a younger man when her husband doesn't pay enough attention to her or her likes (i.e., the Austin books) is stereotypical , and then throw in a lesbian relationships just to let people know that gay relationships are very similar to straight relationships with all their complexity. But it works in this movie.

stephenrtod Great story. Great writing. Great acting. What amazes me about this film is three-fold: (a) This is a movie that will persuade movie-goers to want to read Jane Austen's novels. It seduced and lured me back to "Pride and Prejudice." (b) You don't have to have read any Austen to see the wisdom in her observations, and (c) The screen writer has woven Austen's witticisms and perspicacious themes around the lives of every character in the movie. Amazing! I have introduced this movie to seven people in three states. It led all of us either to encounter Jane Austen's novels for the first time - or re-read and re-savor one or more of them again! There are numerous moments in the movie plot where I totally forget that this was a movie, that actors were merely acting. Every single one of the actors became the character that he or she was portraying. I was led to care. That, for me, is great art.I think I would recommend this movie for people who love to watch movies based on good books involving great writing. I'd also encourage anyone who has ever been in love - or who hopes to be in love again - to watch this movie.

Jay Raskin I originally thought that the movie would be about people talking about Jane Austen novels and then flashing back to scenes from the novel. As I generally like movies from Jane Austen novels, I thought it would be great. However, after I bought the DVD, my wife informed me that it was just women talking about the novels and she suggested that I wouldn't like it. After about a year on my shelf, I slipped it in the DVD player, expecting to stop it after ten or twenty minutes.I was quite surprised that I easily got through the whole thing. The characters became more and more interesting as the movie went on and I enjoyed the layering of the different emotions and stories.For me, the ensemble cast was good, but Kathy Bates, Maria Bello, and Emily Blunt stood out, especially Emily Blunt. She was acting on a much more intense level than any of the other characters. While everyone else was doing "MidSummer's Night Dream," she was doing "MacBeth." This mixture of light, light, dark, actually made the movie much more interesting and gave it a realistic flavor. I think Emily should have gotten a supporting actress Oscar nomination. It was an intense and beautiful performance.I always promise myself after watching a Jane Austen movie that I am going to read the novels when I get a chance. After this one, I'm really going to do it. After I finish reading Harriet Beacher's Stowe's, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Kafka's "America," and Richardson's dreadful "Pamela," "Sense and Sensibility" is next on my classic novels list.