Review of Becoming Jane (2007) by Enrica C — 11 Mar 2012

I can understand why some people hated it: "Becoming Jane" is just so untrue, false and it doesn't for sure portraits the real Jane Austen. We could have had any other name there matched with any other handsome man because as many have already stated this isn't exactly how the story went... But. That's what I like about movies: they can take one sad, depressing story and change it so that it's less miserable and more meaningful. And this is what has been done with this movie.

I loved the soundtrack, the locations and costumes. I was impressed by how this romance got me, I just couldn't see no chemistry at all between Anne Hathaway and James McAvoy but turned out that I was wrong. Non-corresponded love is such a painful, sad, common thing and I think that this is what "Becoming Jane" was really about: love hurts, that's the point. Acting was ok, but I still can't picture Hathaway as Austen ---.

Might be just a cheesy, fantasized story, but a couple of tears run down my cheek at the final scenes. This movie gave me something: emotions. So yes, I recommend it, even if it's just some sort of made up story. Try it.