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Austenland (2013)

Austenland poster
Directed by
Jerusha Hess
Genre
comedy film, romance film, romantic comedy film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 484 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A single woman obsessed with Pride and Prejudice spends her life savings on a trip to a resort that recreates Jane Austen's era. She gets caught up in the artificial romance and comedy of the place.

lightheartedplayfulwhimsicalfeel-goodromanticcomedicescapistgently satirical

What happens

Austenland is a 2013 romantic comedy film directed by Jerusha Hess, based on the novel by Shannon Hale. It stars Keri Russell as a single thirty-something obsessed with Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice, who travels to a British resort called Austenland, in which the Austen era is recreated. JJ Feild, Jane Seymour, Bret McKenzie, and Jennifer Coolidge co-star. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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