Becoming Jane DVD Review

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2008-03-02, 05:37:34

Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, James Cromwell, Maggie Smith and Julie Walters star in a romantic tale based on the life of Jane Austen.

The Story
Becoming Jane is the love story that Jane Austen herself had in her real life. Jane Austen lives with her pastor father Mr.Austen, mother Mrs.Austen, sister Cassandra, brother Henry, and brother George (the deaf one). The Austen family lives a moderately comfortable middle-class life, but funds are in short supply, Mrs.Austen wants Jane to take seriously the need to marry very soon so that she will have someone to take care of her. The most outstanding candidate is Mr.Wisley, The wealthy but seriously dull who is due to inherit the estate of the imperious Lady Gresham. But the problem is that Jane simply finds him to be awkward bore and can't conceive of loving him, even with time.

In the other side, Tom Lefroy has been sent to Somerset by his wealthy uncle, to learn some humility by staying with some indigent relatives. Tom has known for being an undisciplined young man who loves to break the conventions of the society. Paying a call on the Austens, he dozes off while Jane is reading a piece of writing about her sister Cassandra. Jane is frustrated, and when he tells her he finds her writing only accomplished because she is inexperienced in the ways of the world. He suggests Jane to read “The History of Tom Jones” to widen her horizons. She does and offers a lively critique of it, this totally enchanting Tom. And something stirs in Jane as well, and she wonders if it could be love. Even though, the two of them really rub each other the wrong way at first. Regardless, Jane Austen falls more and more in love, to the point where she begins to consider perhaps the greatest move a woman of her time could make – marrying only for love.


DVD Special Features
The special features for this DVD are appropriately fit to the love of Jane Austen on screen. There is a featurette about the real Jane Austen called “Discovering The Real Jane Austen”, presenting the details in her own relationships that correspond with the film. The next bonus material is “Deleted Scenes”, there are 13 scenes of them in total such as “Jane Plots In The Rain”, “Mrs.Austen Reprimands Jane” and “Jane Learns of Tom’s Mariage”. Explore them yourself! Next one is called “Becoming Jane Pop-Up Facts & Footnotes”, this feature allows pop-up facts and footnotes while you are watching the film!, which makes the easiest way to find out more details about the making of the film and the interesting facts in that period. The last bonus feature is “Audio Commentary”, which contains the commentary from the director Julian Jarrold, writer Kevin Hood, and producer Robert Bernstein.



Becoming Jane is now available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc by Buena Vista Home Entertainment.

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