Product: Becoming Jane [Blu-ray] (2007)
Rating: 4.0
Jane meets her Mr. Darcy
The first time I saw this movie I was determined not to like it. But then I decided so what if its not true but it made me happy to think that the woman that taught us to believe in love again didn't live her entire life without love. That would have ben more tragic than getting a few facts wrong. Whether Jane and Tom Lefroy were anymore than fliratious it is nice to imagine maybe they were in love. So I bought it and watched it again and it was perfectly lovely. Anne Hathaway though not my first choice gives a stirring performance as our young Jane Austen. I keenly felt her pain and her joys. The end of the movie, especially with the beautiful score, left me feeling sad but happy that even though Jane didn't marry her Mr. Darcy it didn't necessarily mean she never found him. I did have some reservations about some of the content and would Jane have really done that? It was certainly different from your typical Jane Austen movie. But it reminds us that Jane was also once young and had a heart. But like both Jane and Tom said they tried to do what "they must." It was also neat to see how her neighbors and family may have been the inspiration of some of her characters. I thought the title was fitting. Had all this not happened true or false had Jane married we proably wouldn't love her so much. That would be a shame.