Austenland
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: August 16, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
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Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
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18
Negative:
8
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The TelegraphTim RobeyOct 4, 2013
For a while, the film gets by on silliness alone. But in the end, it all amounts to no more than a sniggery guilty pleasure. Read full review
60
EmpireIan FreerSep 23, 2013
Fondly conceived but short of that razor-sharp Jane Austen wit. Read full review
60
Time OutSilvija OzolsAug 13, 2013
The Napoleon Dynamite cowriter-turned-director should have applied her editorial eye more consistently; Coolidge and King especially are allowed to wander into mugging far too often and for far too long. Read full review
60
The GuardianDamon WiseApr 9, 2013
It is smart and surprisingly literate, its only downfall being in that, in riffing on the work of a very talented writer on the subject of men and women, its screenplay could have used a little more of Jane Austen's immaculate sense of storytelling. Read full review
60
Film.comAmanda May MeynckeApr 9, 2013
Austenland is as light and airy as a cream puff, and as entirely unfulfilling. Fans of the book may find it amusing, but those looking for heartier romantic comedy fare would do well to look elsewhere. Read full review
58
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallSep 11, 2013
Russell remains one of our most adorable, underused actors, although this role lacks the emotional and comedic breadth of her turn in 2007's "Waitress." Read full review
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonSep 6, 2013
Austenland is as frustrating as a blind date with Almost Mr. Right. It’s impossible not to fixate on how close this was to being a lot of fun. Read full review
50
Portland OregonianJamie S. RichAug 29, 2013
The Austen cosplay is too exaggerated, as are the other guests. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldConnie OgleAug 29, 2013
There are a few flashes of wit in the romantic comedy Austenland, but for the most part, the humor lands not with Dear Jane’s grace and style but with all the subtlety of a cholera outbreak. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleAug 22, 2013
The pleasures are intermittent but can be located: Jennifer Coolidge, as Jane's travel companion, is funny even when the script isn't, and Feild is a nice stand-in for Colin Firth in the Austen hero department. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartAug 15, 2013
Twi-hards, Beliebers and Whovians have nothing on the cult of Jane Austen, whose beribboned ranks are ripe for satire. Unfortunately, this scattershot comedy only occasionally hits the mark. Read full review
50
The DissolveTasha RobinsonAug 15, 2013
Austenland embraces convention, and the result is a romantic comedy in which the ending seems not just foreordained, but promised via contract from the first moment of the film. Read full review
50
VarietyDennis HarveyApr 9, 2013
Austenland doesn’t really satirize Austen’s world (or fans) so much as use them as a pretext for a mixture of middling burlesque and routine romantic comedy. Read full review
50
The PlaylistCory EverettApr 9, 2013
There's no doubt Austen fans will find things to admire, but like the protagonist, you can’t help but leave Austenland feeling a bit unfulfilled. Read full review
40
Total FilmEmma JohnstonSep 26, 2013
Too witless to be a decent comedy, too charmless to call itself a parody, this messy adap of Shannon Hale’s novel groans under the weight of a predictable plot and explosive overacting, although Bret McKenzie wrestling awful dialogue at least brings a touch of adorability as the resort’s elfin stable lad. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesSep 4, 2013
For such a deft wit, Jane Austen sure has inspired some nitwitted entertainments. Actually, the Austen influence here is negligible. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghAug 22, 2013
Austenland plays out like an overly elaborate excuse to have people act silly in corsets and bloomers. Read full review
40
NPRElla TaylorAug 16, 2013
Austenland, a clunky broadside aimed at the cult of Jane Austen, is worth seeing primarily for its end credits, a mix of pop oil and water so joyfully dippy it might have produced a stifled giggle even in Herself. Read full review
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