71
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31 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe Australian actress Frances O'Connor is a true find. She's as beautiful as the young Barbara Hershey, with a stare that's pensive yet playful, and she puts us in touch with the quiet battle of emotions in Fanny.
- 83Portland OregonianDiana Abu-JaberPortland OregonianDiana Abu-JaberPiquant, playful, and, in many ways, just as appealing as blockbusters such as "Pride and Prejudice."
- 75Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrStylish and arrives at a satisfying cumulative weight, even if it isn't Austen pure.
- 75Miami HeraldCurtis MorganMiami HeraldCurtis MorganThe latest and loosest -- in the saucy sense of the word as well -- adaptation of (Austen's) sly comedies of uppercrust manners.
- 75New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardO'Connor plays Fanny with an appealingly direct, unflinching gaze.
- 75San Francisco ExaminerWalter AddiegoSan Francisco ExaminerWalter AddiegoWhat's on the screen may not be a letter-perfect Mansfield Park, but something true to its spirit.
- 70Dallas ObserverAndy KleinDallas ObserverAndy KleinO'Connor as Fanny is irresistibly appealing.
- 60Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderThere's something more than a little perverse about taking one of the most timid, self-effacing heroines in English literature and turning her into a paragon of modern free-spirited womanhood.
- 40Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenA confusing jumble of historical drama and modern social essay that only serves to cloud the whole field of Jane Austen studies.