| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...a movie every Janeite will want to see, although many will not approve of it." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Tasha Robinson |
"...it's hard for the film to escape the shadow of Austen's superior talent when it filches so much from her books." more... |
C |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"In speculating how Jane Austen became the writer she was, the film views this man through her eyes and offers a not-bad thesis: To understand love is to confront the agony of losing it." more... |
B |
filmcritic.com
Jesse Hassenger |
"The screenplay doesn't explore Austen's timeless themes so much as innumerate them..." more... |
C- |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"Unlike an Austen story, Becoming Jane doesn't suffer from a predictable third act..." more... |
B |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"...a triumph for Anne Hathaway..." more... |
B |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"Like Shakespeare in Love, this is intended to be an homage, not a serious reconstruction of the factors underlying the development of an icon." more... |
B- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"There's a galumphing quality to the narrative that makes the movie seem much longer than it is." more... |
C+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...a rather enjoyable affair." more... |
B- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...charming..." more... |
A- |
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