Review of The Jane Austen Book Club (2007) by Ali J — 12 Oct 2008

Okay I'm horribly biased. I love Jane Austen novels, and fancy the pants off Hugh Dancy, so this film already had some appealing elements for me. Based on a novel of the same name it focuses on a year in the life of a group of women (and one chap) who are all going through various crises, and who get together to discuss Jane Austen's novels, not only as critics but also to analyse some of Austen's social commentary and place it in their own contemporary setting.

Fun, moving, well acted and definitely up lifting. A bit girly, but I loved it! Good sideburn rating: 7/10 Hugh, oh lovely Hugh, you do have great hair and sideburns, oh yes you do. (Marks lost for Jimmy Smits nod to the Tom Hanks freaky school of non existent sideburns - oh and his acting isn't great either).

Presence of sartorially elegant men: 6/10 Hugh, your cycling shorts were awful, nowt worse than a Lycra 'packet', but you redeemed yourself to 6, with that fantastic corduroy jacket!