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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781558905733
ISBN: 1558905731
Label: Miramax
Manufacturer: Miramax
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Miramax
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 05, 1999
Running Time: 121 minutes
Sales Rank: 561
Studio: Miramax
Theatrical Release Date: August 02, 1996
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Description:
This delightfully fun and lighthearted comedy is based on the story that inspired the hit movie CLUELESS! Dazzling Gwyneth Paltrow (SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS) shines as EMMA, a mischievous young beauty who sets up her single friends. Funny thing is ... she's not very good at it! So when Emma tries to find a man for Harriet (Toni Collette -- THE SIXTH SENSE, ABOUT A BOY), she makes a hilariously tangled mess of everyone's lives. You'll enjoy all the comic confusion ... until Emma herself falls in love, finally freeing everyone from her outrageously misguided attempts at matchmaking.
Amazon.com:
Most people didn't mind Gwyneth Paltrow's English accent in this charming, 1996 adaptation ofJane Austen's novel (which also inspiredClueless). But even if it doesn't sound quite right to you, there are plenty of authentic and wonderful Brit thespians in this film by screenwriter-turned-director Douglas McGrath (co-author of Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway), including Juliet Stevenson(Truly Madly Deeply), Alan Cumming(Buddy), Phyllida Law (Much Ado About Nothing), Ewan McGregor (the Scots star ofTrainspotting), and Sophie Thompson, outstanding and finally heartbreaking as the chattering Miss Bates. Paltrow plays Austen's benign busybody, Emma Woodhouse--so busy trying to arrange the lives of others that she is sidestepping her own. McGrath brings a kind of pretty and light touch to the production, his best move the wise delegation of creative authority to the actors themselves.--Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating: - Simply adorable
Gwyneth Paltrow takes on the Austenian role with all the elegance anyone could possibly bring.She and the rest of the cast are all perfect in a true romantic comedy with all of the Jane Austen-ness for which anyone could possibly ask. It's absolutely darling.
Rating:  - Its familiarity could be forgiven if Paltrow were half as interesting as she should have been...
Okay, don't hate me for this, but I came to a revelation while watching `Emma' the other night.Are you ready for this?Please, don't chastise me for this because I'm sure if you think about it you'll agree.Okay, here it goes...
I don't really understand why Jane Austen is so popular when each and every one of her stories seems to be the same story with different names.
Okay, I've said it, and I'm sure the hate mail will come pouring in now, but it had to be said.I ... Read More
Rating:  - Gwyneth Paltrow IS Emma
The role of Emma is played perfectly by Gweneth Paltrow. She's delightful as the failed matchmaker of Austen's story, wading through social decorum of ill fated as well as perfectly-matches romances. The rest of the cast shines as well, particularly the role of Mrs. Elton who, among other things, recognizes a "shocking lack of satin."
Wonderful settings and costumes, this is a version I could watch again and again. Recommended for all Austen fans.
Rating: - Your entire personality is a riddle, Mr. Knightley. I thought you overqualified.
1996's EMMA brings us a quasi-modern version of the Austen masterpiece, starring a lovable Gwyneth Paltrow as our heroine Miss. Emma Woodhouse .
Of course there are a few things to consider upon watching this film;
1. If you prefer a film that maintains the basis of the author's story but strays in order to entertain the majority of a movie-going audience, or a more precise visualization of the text in it's original and actual entirety.
2. If you can ... Read More
Rating: - Not quite as good as the other "Emma"
I have a preference for comedy and humor and wit (why I prefer Austen to the Brontes), and I'll admit that that's why I'm giving this version four stars rather than three.I'm easy to sucker - if it's fun funny, it already has me hooked.
This was a very funny "Emma".Emma can't be done in a somber, serious way - Emma is just not that sort.The movie captures Emma in both her earnestness as well as her matchmaking silliness.Paltrow is a lot of fun to watch, and how she fancies herself ... Read More
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