Becoming Jane

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Special features: Discovering the real Jane Austen; "Becoming Jane" pop-up facts and footnotes; deleted scenes; audio commentary.
Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Julie Walters, James Cromwell, Maggie Smith.
The young Jane Austen wishes to be a writer. Her mother thinks otherwise. Although she is offered many marriage proposals she accepts none until the mischevious Thomas Lefroy shows up and turns her world around. At first she finds him ignorant and self centered but as she gets to know him, they start to flirt and eventually fall in love. Thomas' relatives disagree with the match and threaten to disinherit him if he marries her. Jane's mother also disagrees with the match. As a result of this, Thomas tries to convince Jane to runaway with him. Instead, Jane stays with her family and ends her affair with Lefroy. She begins to write some of her greatest works of all time. Lefroy becomes the inspiration for Mr. Darcy in the novel, Pride and Prejudice.
DVD ; Region 1 ; widescreen (2.35:1, enhanced) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Lovely submitted by SarahRose on April 27, 2010, 7:51pm James McAvoy and Maggie Smith are always brilliant, and Anne Hathaway isn't bad either. Austen fans will love this movie, as it brings the period to life with a beautiful imagining of what Jane's love life may have been. It's not quite as prim as Austen's writing, but it definitely still has her flavor.

becoming jane submitted by hcf on August 2, 2014, 4:46pm anne hathway ruined this movie for me

It's ok submitted by majean on August 8, 2018, 8:17pm I felt like it was heavyhanded in a lot of ways. It's all right. I think I will stick to her fiction and not fiction about her.

Moving submitted by lstorc on August 28, 2018, 1:17am Tenderhearted and moving; a fantastic feminist view that is hard to associate with the depicted times

amazing! submitted by kbahleda on June 21, 2019, 4:00pm Anne Hathaway shines! She does a fabulous job as Jane.

Becoming Jane submitted by SBNB on July 7, 2022, 9:04pm It was fine for watching once, but I didn't find it entertaining enough to watch again. Somewhat interesting, but not outstanding.