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Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

Absolutely the worst movie.

Absolutely Fantastic

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

In the 1790s, Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale) is recently widowed. As this new marital status had reduced her status and wealth, she must depend on the hospitality of friends and relatives. Considering her devious charms (which contribute to an ongoing affair with a married man), this makes Susan's hosts rather hesitant to take her in - at least the female ones. The film is based on the short novel "Lady Susan" by Jane Austen.At first, it seems difficult to keep track of the many characters. Director Whit Stillman helps by providing introduction panels at the beginning which not only identify each character but sometimes provide some comical information about them. From there on, it gets easier and one can enjoy the ride of this witty and entertaining film.Two performances stand out. Beckinsale succeeds beautifully as a demon with charm and charisma to spare. Her deliveries of Austen's great lines are sharp indeed. The other great performance comes from Tom Bennett as a man whose ample financial means cannot compensate for his lack of grey matter. He steals every scene in which he appears especially the one involving a discussion of the Ten Commandments.With perfect costumes, set pieces, and other fine production values, this is rather an enjoyable film.

I have not read the Jane Austen novella this is based on but it was a nice simple movie that I don't think will remember a week from now. I really enjoyed the character introductions. They would show them with title cards as they stood outside the house. It seems like a simple thing but it was nice device that also gave you a little introduction to what the character might be like. The actual story is nothing of note. There's some romantic and marriage drama but the dialogue is fun throughout. Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny play off each other well. Tom Bennett is enjoyable in this if only to see other characters react to him. All in all, I wouldn't make a point to watch this but if it shows up on TV it's worth a watch.

(Flash Review)Hard to make an easy fun period piece with neat costumes and settings bland but they did it. The story was told through lightly comedic and typical period dialog yet the story was never moved along by other means. It would have been more effective if at least some of the story was told through visuals; making the user think and engage. The story is about a divorced woman who is visiting various estates to find a wealthy enough suitor for herself as well as her daughter. She has the look and the intelligence to work her charms. It was OK but never really funny and never really enthralling enough to make you care.

It's a movie that, as it starts, for my taste, it gets you out of it. That presentation of the characters so televised, I found it so unpleasant that I could no longer enter. It is also something that repeats constantly. Apart from that it is a film made to make a critic about a fact and an era and a way of life and for me it is as simple as what criticizes.I can not believe any actor. They are all very bad. None makes a mere good sequence.I have not stopped seeing shadows on the walls, even when they walk the actors are seen shadows. In addition to having a photograph of the most television. It has an ugly light.The direction is downright bad, he can not make anything believable, he does not know that he bores, he plans in a simple and ugly way.Music, even from that time, does not stick. It is very badly placed.With the great period films that there is this will not happen to the annals of the cinema