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List Price: $14.99 | | Label: Miramax
Salesrank: 2473
Released: July 11, 2000 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
This fun and sexy comedy tells a timelessly entertaining story where wealth, secret passions, and mischievous women put love to the test ... with delightfully surprising results! When a spirited young woman, Fanny Price, is sent away to live on the great country estate of her rich cousins, she's meant to learn the ways of proper society. But while Fanny learns "their" ways, she also enlightens them with a wit and sparkle all her own! Featuring an exciting ensemble cast of young stars -- you'll join critics everywhere in their overwhelming praise of this smart, playful, and funny hit!
Mansfield Park (1999) Reviews:
better than the novel 
2009-12-14 - It's extremely rare that a film improves upon the original. "Gone With the Wind" and "The Wizard of Oz" are two of the few. However, the 1999 film version of "Mansfield Park," Jane Austen's least satisfying novel, is yet another.
Austen purists may well be appalled, but Frances O'Connor brings to life a heroine more in the classic Austen mode, more like Elizabeth Bennett or Marianne Dashwood. O'Connor's Fanny is clever and witty -- a vast improvement over the priggish milquetoast Fanny of the novel! The film is supplemented from Austen's own letters, making Fanny more representative of Austen herself than of the moralizing, nebbishy Fanny of the book.
To those who sniff that this filmed version isn't true to the spirit of the novel's Fanny Price, I say hip, hip, hooray!!
Best version, but not true to the book
2009-11-30 - If you're looking for a good movie with a Jane Austen-ish feel, then I think you'll like this movie. If you love the book and are looking for a good representation of it, I'm sorry to tell you that I don't think it exists. I've seen 3 versions: this one starring Frances O'Connor, the version starring Billie Piper, and the awful 1986 adaptation. In this version, lots of things are different from the book, most notably, the character of Fanny Price. In the book she's quiet, but firm and virtuous. I have to admit that this was never my favorite of Jane Austen's characters. So while I actually liked the witty, active character that Frances O'Connor played in this version better than the true Fanny Price, it still bugs me that the movie strays so far from the book. The version starring Billie Price is worse. They left out such large chunks from the book that events in that movie don't even make sense. And the 1986 version stars the worst actress I've ever had the misfortune of seeing on the screen.
In conclusion, if you haven't read the book, or if you can get over the changes and enjoy a good movie, I think you'll love this version. If you're looking for a more true representation of the book, then start petitioning BBC.
Excellent Jane austin movie 
2009-11-06 - Excellent Jane austin movie
I had seen all of the movies here in the Jane Austen's set
so knew I would enjoy it
When I am down I just put in Jane Austin Movie and will feel better by the end of the movie
very good acting and english scenery
Her stories are the best to watch
will watch it over and over
chfancier
Understated Romantic Comedy and Drama 
2009-10-19 - This is another movie with a Jane Austen touch. The story is based on Jane Austen's notes from her journal and diaries.
Set in England in the early 1800's this is a story about a poor, but smart, young girl develops into a strong-willed woman who makes her own destiny. She does not let others do it for her.
The opening scene shows a nine year old Fanny leaving Portsmith by stagecoach. Her mother is sending Fanny to her wealthy sisters' home, Mansfield Park, to be given an education and raised in comfort. We see her mother living in poverty with many children about two years apart. Fannie is raised with her cousins, but not accepted as having the high status of the Mansfield Park family (The Bertrams). She falls in love with her cousin, Edmond, however, he is conflicted during most of the movie and it is not clear he loves her.
Fanny keeps in touch with her family through letters to her sister. She loves to read and write and her intelligence and wit shine through.
There is also soapbox drama when con-artists arrive to the estate. Mary and Henry Crawford want to establish ties with the the Bertram's through marriages so they can inherit some of the fortune and estate. Henry proposed to Fanny, she would not take up his offer. Her Uncle is astonished and sends her home to the slum-living of her family in Portsmith to make her obey.
There are many twists and turns, but the ending is happy.
Ah, Jane Austen
2009-09-29 - Can Jane Austen do no wrong? No, she cannot. At first, I thought this movie dragged. But really it's as it should be since her "Life seems like a quick succession of busy nothings." But really, it got better as it went on, and there was a point where I really didn't know which man I wanted her to end up with! That is rare for Jane Austen movies, which are usually quite predictable but we love seeing how it all unfolds anyway. Now I can watch this movie over and over and still love it!
