num_pages: 427
description: Most people didn't mind Gwyneth Paltrow's English accent in this charming, 1996 adaptation of Jane Austen's novel (which also inspired Clueless ). But even if it doesn't sound quite right to you, there are plenty of authentic and wonderful Brit thespians in this film by screenwriter-turned-director Douglas McGrath (co-author of Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway ), including Juliet Stevenson ( Truly Madly Deeply ), Alan Cumming ( Buddy ), Phyllida Law ( Much Ado About Nothing ), Ewan McGregor (the Scots star of Trainspotting ), and Sophie Thompson, outstanding and finally heartbreaking as the chattering Miss Bates. Paltrow plays Austen's benign busybody, Emma Woodhouse--so busy trying to arrange the lives of others that she is sidestepping her own. McGrath brings a kind of pretty and light touch to the production, his best move the wise delegation of creative authority to the actors themselves. --Tom Keogh
language: English
title: Emma
titlecomplete: Emma
characters: Robert Martin, Frank Churchill, Jane Fairfax, Emma Woodhouse, Mr. Weston, Mrs. Isabella Knightley, Harriet Smith, Miss Bates, Mr. Elton, John Knightley, Mrs. Elton, Mr. Woodhouse, Mrs. Anne Weston, Mr. George Knightley
genres: Fiction, Historical, Classic Literature, Literature, Romance, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 848496
places: Surrey, England, England, United Kingdom
publisher: Dutton Adult