Austenland

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Spoilers!
Austenland seemed interesting on the flight. Despite not hating Keri Russel and absolutely LOVING Jane Austen I feel distant to Austen spin offs. I liked Becoming Jane but that's about Austen's life not a sequel to one of her novels, or not a mystery version of one of her novels, or not a sci fi time travel film series so on and so forth. Well since I was on the flight I decided to check this one out and I'm happy that I did.

This one is about an Austen obsessed woman who is in love with Mr. Darcy (who in her right mind isn't?) and doesn't get along really with men in real life due to their lack of not being even remotely like Mr. Darcy and not really understanding/supporting her obsession. So she uses her life time savings on a theme park/fantasy holiday in Austenland where the customers are given roles and costumes and literally live in an environment very similar to the ones in Austen novels. Our heroine Jane has two fellow guests one a rich American who obviously wanted to try something new rather than being a true fan and another one whose guest status was only familiar to me towards the end of the film. The manager of the whole operation hired actors to play certain characters similar to the ones in Austen novels but Jane gets close with an extra whose job is to be the driver, stable worker etc . Despite the fact that she is attracted to Darcy actor she falls for the stable boy and hooks up with him. Imagine her surprise when she finds out that this holiday affair was not only included in her holiday package but that all her moves and reactions were predicted.

It is of course a happy ending and all in all I liked the film and its look at Austen obsession but not enough to want to read the novel it is adapted from.