Luscious

Rating: 9/10 (13 December 2005)

I admit to being a big Jane Austen fan and can't get enough of her. The portrayal of Georgian life in the film is wonderful and I will buy the DVD so that I can slow it down and see the details. For the first time that I can remember, we see the gentry romping at a dance -- not like so many other movies which portray the upper classes boringly gliding while the servants are having fun. Some details puzzled me and I would like to know -- e.g., why did Lizzie round a cake with a bunch of sage? Looks nice, but you wouldn't eat it with a sweet cake. This is only my first viewing -- you can be sure other Jane fans will greedily devour this film, cake, sage, and all. Oh, and the acting wasn't bad either.