Review of Sense and Sensibility (1995) by Dawn S — 01 Jun 2013

Entertaining, for sure.

A great script made from Thompson, worth watching.

This review of Sense and Sensibility (1995) was written by Dawn S on 01 Jun 2013.

Sense and Sensibility has generally received very positive reviews.

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