The Jane Austen Book Club (film)

The Jane Austen Book Club is an American romantic drama from the year 2007. The film by director Robin Swicord is the best-selling novel of writer Karen Joy Fowler basis.

Action

Sylvia is left by her husband Daniel for another woman after twenty years of marriage. Your girlfriend Bernadette founded then a " Jane Austen Book Club", with whom she would like to bring Sylvia to other thoughts. In this club the six novels of British writer Jane Austen will be discussed. Six novels, six members. Sylvia's best friend, single and dog breeder Jocelyn, brings her chance acquaintance Grigg as the only man in the round with. Whose only motivation for membership is to score points with Jocelyn and get to know them closer. Sylvia's lesbian daughter Allegra occurs in only her mother for the sake of the club. The unhappily married French teacher Prudie, which runs the risk to start with one of her students a ratio, is the sixth in the round. Monthly meet the club members to discuss each one of the works Austen. Gradually it becomes clear that the love life of the individual club members covered by the storylines of the novels.

Locations

The film was shot exclusively in California. Locations were Encino, the Lakewood High School in Lakewood, Long Beach Airport in Long Beach, Santa Monica, Santa Clarita, Westlake Village and the neighborhoods of Northridge, North Hollywood and Van Nuys in Los Angeles.

Reviews

Several film magazines complain about this comedy that the film much knowledge of the life's work of Jane Austen requires to understand all the allusions and characters of this film.

"Conclusion: Shallow feel-good romance with a strong ensemble - from the little left without any prior knowledge. "

" Conclusion: Some asides result only makes sense if you read the books. It can easily lead to confusion when the discussions can not assign the hero and thus does not understand references to the novels. "

" The despite some nice moments largely shallow film will touch by all means the emotions of the audience, but transmit the subtlety of the author of the film and its characters feel obliged to largely miss. "

2007 in film Screenplay John Calley Film score Aaron Zigman Encino, Los Angeles Lakewood, California Long Beach, California Santa Monica, California Westlake Village, California Northridge, Los Angeles North Hollywood, Los Angeles Van Nuys, Los Angeles
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