Sense & Sensibility

If you like romance, you like Jane Austen, you like the original story of sense and sensibility, you'll like this but I agree with another review here the costumes are awful, the crushed velvet and the weird floral and purple and black terrible terrible terrible and not accurate. The acting was OK. If you really want to make it a POC adaptation, then make everyone a person of color and call it a day. Nobody really cares, but you seem to want it to be like the new Bridgerton. Of course the homes were beautiful the scenery was beautiful. The cottage was much much nicer than the Ang Lee adaptation-that cottage was pretty sparse in comparison to where the Dashwoods had come from. I do hope coming soon they have a marathon of all these movies on a Saturday or Sunday. It was enjoyable to be in Jane Austen.

I'm sure theses are lovely and talented actors but the performances here just do not convey any emotion or feeling. This adaption was very choppy and rushed not allowing the time in scenes when needed in order to express the necessary emotions. I have enjoyed the other JA movies on Hallmark this month but sadly this one misses the mark. I have seen several of the performers in different vehicles and portrayals were great so perhaps the failure here is the script or direction. Watch this for yourself if you want to decide for yourself or perhaps take my advice and watch one of the other excellent adaptations.

No. Just no.

This version should never have been made. The acting was incredibly horrible. Such.bad.acting.

I am SO disappointed. I adore all Jane Austen books. I HAVE all Jane Austen books. And the movies.

The man who plays Willoughby is soooo boring and dull.

And the women's clothes!!!!! We're like like...Whatttt??? They were not authentic at all, not in the least. Oh, be still my heart.

I do like the actor who plays Sir John Middleton. He did an adequate job.

The storyline felt very rushed. There was no chemistry between those who were "supposed" to be in love. None.

Ughhhh. Skip this one altogether.

One question - why?

Why on earth did this remake have to be made?

I say this as one who loves this book it is my second favourite Austen novel (after Persuasion) and I have read it multiple times and seen various versions on screen. And this... this drivel is an insincere adaption and the acting is awful, the accents iffy and it seems hurried and forced.

There's no romance at all you never feel the couples falling for each other. Wooden as. Poor poor Jane! Even the presence of the brilliant Martina Laird did nothing for me.

I kept on comparing it to the Ang Lee masterpiece. I have long believed Emma Thompson is Elinor Dashwood no one else will ever be able to fill those shoes. And this proves it.

Simply awful.

A big ugh.

Period pieces or contemporary versions based on classic novels etc - are great when they are done well and are respectful to the original material and time period and if changed and "updated" provide plausible context for the changes.

The 1995 Pride and Prejudice, Doctor Thorne, Downton Abby are examples of terrific period pieces.

On the opposite end, the Keira Knightley Pride and Prejudice, Anya Taylor-Joe's Emma, CW's Reign among many others were just horrid...

This Hallmark version of Sense & Sensibility was sad and bad on all levels. Felt like a high school student trying to make an "updated" film.

The anachronistic concept did not make sense to begin with.

Why not use the story line and do something in a believable circumstance and setting?

If wedded to a "period piece" then how about changing the setting to, for example, early 1900s USA?

Or do a modern version like Clueless (Emma)?

The actors seemed miserable..

And completely weird to have Dan Jeannotte as the hero here.

If the point of the production was to recast, then Edward should have been played by a Black actor - so many talented Black British actors like Alfred Enoch or Ashley Walter or Gary Carr to name a few.