Masterpiece Theatre: Mansfield Park @ richardeward.com

Masterpiece Theatre: Mansfield Park
from WGBH Boston
starring Billie Piper, Blake Ritson
directed by Iain B. MacDonald

Features:

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

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0

• Mansfield Park
  I am a big Jane Austin fan. I always like the books better than the movies. However this movie is true to the book and I enjoyed it very much.

• bad acting by everyone!
  I bought this movie in a pack of 3 so unfortunately can't even give it away as I definately would. What a waste of money this movie was. I fast forward most of it so can't really tell you everything but only that Billie Piper was so poor a choice for an actress. She dyed her hair blonde for the movie but unfortunately she has a deep undergrowth coming through. Umm, not sure if she knew that girls didn't really dye their hair in that era and that I am sure she would've been able to afford it even if they... more info

• Why Must Modern Movie-Makers Make These Things Politically Correct?
  While this movie did not bother me too much and was quite enjoyable in some places, I will never understand why modern movie-makers feel like they have to make politically correct comments in movies from this time period. I do not recall when Wilberforce started his anti-slavery movement in England, but if Austen didn't make a reference to it in her book, is it likely that Fanny would have questioned Sir Thomas's slave-owning tendencies? Both this movie and the '99 version did it, this one thankfully MUCH... more info

• Skip.
  I like Billie Piper's acting, I do. Her turn in "Shakespeare Retold: Much Ado About Nothing" was excellent, and though I haven't seen all her episodes, I found Piper's Rose very good as well. She more than held up her own against veterans like David Tennant and especially Christopher Eccleston.
  "Mansfield Park", though, was very bad. Very...not good.
  Fanny is supposed to be a mousy, sickly creature; it's why Edmund gives her a horse to ride for exercise every day. When she misses a few days, she... more info

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