Product: Becoming Jane [Blu-ray] (2007)
Rating: 4.0
Had to View a Second Time
This film was worth watching a second time, but it wasn't because I fell in love with it on the first viewing. I had a hard time accepting Anne Hathaway as Jane Austen and found myself listening to her acting the accent rather than what she was saying as the character. Ultimately, the second viewing allowed me to relax into the biographical account of a writer whose books (and film adaptations of the books) I've enjoyed so much. I knew little if anything about Jane Austen the woman and it was a good way to wrap up my Austen viewing fest with a story dedicated to her life rather than the lives of her madeup characters. Worth my time and, I think, worth the time of anyone with an interest in Austen's work.Ophelia, September 2008