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Emma (A&E, 1997)
from A&E Home Video
starring Kate Beckinsale, Bernard Hepton, Mark Strong (II), Samantha Bond, James Hazeldine
directed by Diarmuid Lawrence

Features:

• Closed-captioned
• Color
• DVD-Video
• NTSC

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• 3 maybe 3 1/2
  Not quite what I was expecting, but it's a cute movie. Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility get 5 stars in my book. But this is a good movie too.
  

• 4.5
  I did watch this AFTER watching the 1996 Gwyneth Paltrow version and do prefer this one.
  I'm not a Kate Beckinsale fan, she does Emma well. She's more proper and more restrained than Paltrow. The scene that sticks in my mind most is her face after Knightley chews her out for being mean to Miss Bates.
  I definitely preferred this George Knightley. Davies does a better job of showing Knightley as a person rather than a plot mover; it was far clearer that he was a responsible landowner, riding out to... more info

• Ummm...no thanks
  Please do not bring out ye flogs and whipping posts. I just didn't like this version of "Emma". Specifically, I REALLY did not like Kate Beckinsale's take on Emma. She came across as snobby and frankly unlikeable. Maybe that is staying true to the literary character but still, not a pleasant person. Maybe I can blame Gwenyth for my dislike, she spoiled me with her sweet, naive portrayal of Emma. However, many reviewers here have valid points regarding this version of "Emma" (Knightley, for example, seems to... more info

• Difinitive Emma
  This is a really difinitive production of Emma. Aside from the slightly jujeune leading lady (which gets her correctly - even Jane Austen knew she was somewhat dislikable), played excellently by Kate Beckinsale, we have the best Jane Faifax in gorgeous and extemely talented Olivia Williams. William's Jane is highlighted by some of the prettiest music pieces chosen for Jane - which is part of the character's prowess, and "makes" her for us as an audience (whether or not she is actually playing it). And... more info

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