As a happy owner of the book Austenland, I was very excited for this movie to be released. I thought it was cast very well and had a lot of potential. Unfortunately, I left the theater more than a little disappointed. I figured with a book this short, it would be fairly easy to adapt, but they seemed to change whatever they wanted for no particular reason. The main character, Jane, is supposed to be a romantic young lady with an unfortunate (but humorous) history of failed romances who compares every man to Mr. Darcy; this movie made her a freakishly obsessive fan who seems to have difficulty distinguishing fiction from real life. That extreme made her less endearing and more of a joke, which sums up most of the movie. I can only assume they thought the movie wouldn't be taken seriously so they decided to be in on the joke. There were a few moments that I did enjoy, but overall, this book could have been adapted a great deal better.
Review of Austenland
