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Sense and Sensibility (1995)
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Emma Thompson scores a double bull's-eye with this marvelous adaptation of Jane Austen's novel. Not only does Thompson turn in a strong (and gently humorous) performance as one of the Dashwood sisters--the one with "sense"--she also wrote the witty, wise screenplay. Austen's tale of 19th-century manners and morals provides a large cast with a feast of possibilities, notably Kate Winslet, in her pre-Titanic flowering, as Thompson's deeply romantic sister. Winslet attracts the wooing of shy Alan Rickman (a nice change of pace from his bad-guy roles) and dashing Greg Wise, while Thompson must endure an incredibly roundabout courtship...
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Ang Lee takes on Jane Austen with a script by star Emma Thompson.
We meet the Dashwood sisters, longing to find love, but constantly cast aside by their lack of social standing.
Kate Winslet as Marianne encompasses the irrational passion of youth. She sacrifices herself on the altar of love and when it does not give her...
(complete Sense and Sensibility review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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