Jane Austen arruinó mi vida

For me, one of the weaknesses of the film was that although most of it was set in England, it was all filmed in France. A French chateau does not look like an English country house, which gave it an artificial feeling.

It was OK, but didn't convince. Perhaps they tried to include too many story lines, such as a childhood trauma, complicated family, man with dementia, etc, which didn't add anything to the story. This left too little time for the romance to blossom realistically.

It's a romantic comedy set in Paris, southern England and a French vacation home in modern times. Agathe Robinson (Camille Rutherford) runs a Paris bookshop specializing in classical English literature with her best friend, Félix (Pablo Pauly). Agathe is a fragile person devoted to her literary father's memory (she survived the car accident that killed her parents) and her desire to write a novel in the manner of Jane Austen. She has written some chapters but is stuck.

Félix arranges for her to be invited to a Jane Austen Residency on property belonging to a distant descendant of the Austen family. There, she meets Oliver (Charlie Anson), a professor in contemporary literature and the son of Todd (Alan Fairbairn) and Beth (Liz Crowther), who run the Residency.

"Jane Austen a gâché ma vie" tracks Agathe's efforts at the Residency and her complex relationships with Oliver and Félix. By the end, there is a resolution.

"Jane Austen a gâché ma vie" is a slow-paced yet engaging movie. Camille Rutherford and Charlie Anson provide the most interesting and developed characters. Pablo Pauly's character is less defined. The other Residency attendees fill slots in a literary film. It's not a laugh-out-loud comedy, but the low-key approach works surprisingly well.

I have to admit that I liked this movie. A nice movie experience and the time went by quickly. For me the actors were unknown, but I thought it was nice to have new actors who were really good in their roles. Not really my type of movie, but not a bad movie anyway. Movies don't have to be more than light-hearted sometimes and you'll still be satisfied. It was a little funny also . A worth seeing little movie.

An obvious spoof of Pride and Prejudice, with very modern, very flawed and very irreverent characters. I wish the whole womanizer best friend plot didn't exist, or it didn't play out like that, that was such a rookie mistake Agathe. Can't say I'm a fan of Oliver as Darcy but he fits into the mold, maybe more into Helen Fielding's Darcy that Austen's. As for Agathe, she's no Bridget, nor Lizzie, I wished she could just be her. Cause when you put Jane Austen in the title 1. I'm gonna watch that and 2. I'm gonna judge the hell out of it. And this ain't no Austen, apart from the scaffolding and barely that. And I also wished Agathe didn't need a man to heal or move on or whatever, she had quite a lot on her plate, but I guess the French cannot let go of sex.

Although I was hopeful about this movie after watching the trailer, I went to the theater with not very high expectations but I am sad it still disappointed me.

I think the film's concept of writers going to a Jane Austen Residency was a great idea. However, the romance between Agathe and Oliver did not feel genuine or believable. The relationship between Agathe and Félix was just sad and there was no love there. The story had too many cliché components for me and it was too "modern" to be associated with Jane Austen. I found that none of the characters were inspiring. Agathe is very far from being a Jane Austen virtuous heroine. There were a few times that I genuinely laughed and will remember these so that is a positive. Sadly, I think one is better watching any other movie based on any Jane Austen book or even the film "Austenland" was way better than this one, and would watch instead of this one.