Review of Austenland (2013) by Alan Scherstuhl for Village Voice — 12 Aug 2013
The ending is a bit of an audience-pleasing cop-out, a retreat into formula after 80 minutes or so of upending it. But those upendings are memorable, the cast dishy fun, and Jerusha Hess and Shannon Hale's breeze of a script (based on Hale's novel) is smart about the allure of fictional romances.
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This review of Austenland (2013) was written by Alan Scherstuhl and published by Village Voice on 12 Aug 2013.
Austenland has generally received mixed reviews.
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