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Emma

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Emma (1996)

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Reviews Counted: 42 Fresh: 35  Rotten:7 Average Rating: 7.1/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min
Synopsis:
This adaptation of the Jane Austen novel focuses on Emma, a meddling but well-meaning 21-year-old, who LOVES to play matchmaker. She's currently obsessed with finding the perfect man for her friend Harriet. But what appears to be a simple task becomes a nightmare, as Emma's machinations set... [More]
This adaptation of the Jane Austen novel focuses on Emma, a meddling but well-meaning 21-year-old, who LOVES to play matchmaker. She's currently obsessed with finding the perfect man for her friend Harriet. But what appears to be a simple task becomes a nightmare, as Emma's machinations set off a chain reaction of misunderstandings between a number of people. Things only worsen when Emma attempts to set things straight. Emma may -- or may not -- succeed in finding a mate for her pal. But what's more important is that Emma will learn a few things about herself in the process. [Less]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Toni Collette, Alan Cumming, Jeremy Northam, Ewan McGregor

Director: Douglas McGrath
Story: Jane Austen
Screenwriter: Douglas McGrath
Composer: Rachel Portman
Producer: Patrick Cassavetti, Steven M. Haft

DVD Info

Release:

May 1, 1999

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Letterboxed - 1.85:1

Audio:

  • Dolby Surround - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Original Theatrical Trailer

Interactive Features:

  • Scene Access
  • Interactive Menus

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05/07/07 07:42 PM
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07/03/05 04:58 AM
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05/06/05 09:36 AM
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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This Emma is light, airy and modern -- surely Austen's funniest work.

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04/09/05 03:23 AM
Laura Clifford
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While Sense and Sensibility loves subtlety, silence, and space, and Persuasion loves realism, repression, and understatement, Emma loves its star Gwyneth Paltrow and all the colorful scenes she inhabits.

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12/06/04 05:10 PM
Jeffrey Overstreet
Looking Closer
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McGrath pokes gentle fun at the over-refinements of privileged gentility, though not without enjoying its trappings and honoring its best aspirations.

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05/31/04 10:46 AM
Steven D. Greydanus
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10/22/03 01:38 PM
Dragan Antulov
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Gwyneth Paltrow makes a resplendent Emma, gliding through the film with an elegance and patrician wit that bring the young Katharine Hepburn to mind.

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05/20/03 05:04 PM
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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05/14/03 05:04 PM
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly
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A good Jane Austen adaptation that can be watched over and over.

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04/24/03 06:38 PM
Mark Robison
Reno Gazette-Journal
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Fun, but pales next to the previous year's Clueless.

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04/21/03 03:19 PM
Jeffrey M. Anderson
San Francisco Examiner
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Although it is a very fine film, I found the pace a little slow in places as it wandered off the mark.

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03/16/03 08:06 AM
Robert Roten
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Slightly fun, but really boring.

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03/15/03 05:00 AM
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12/22/02 12:03 AM
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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12/12/02 08:37 PM
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
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