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Overview

User Rating:
7.0/10   6,912 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Robin Swicord (screenplay)
Karen Joy Fowler (book)
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Release Date:
5 October 2007 (USA) more
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Tagline:
You don't have to know the books to be in the club. more
Plot:
Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen, only to find their relationships -- both old and new -- begin to resemble 21st century versions of her novels. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
Enjoyable to watch with a great ensemble cast more (40 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Maria Bello ... Jocelyn

Emily Blunt ... Prudie Drummond

Kathy Baker ... Bernadette

Amy Brenneman ... Sylvia Avila

Maggie Grace ... Allegra Avila

Jimmy Smits ... Daniel Avila

Ed Brigadier ... Pastor

Kevin Zegers ... Trey

Marc Blucas ... Dean Drummond

Catherine Schreiber ... Academic Woman

Ned Hosford ... Waiter

Hugh Dancy ... Grigg Harris
Messy Stench ... Girl with Dog Collar
Chris Burket ... Skydive Instructor
Parisa Fitz-Henley ... Corinne
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material, sexual content, brief strong language and some drug use.
Runtime:
106 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The website address www.laughing-allegra.com written on Allegra's jewelry-kit-box (which she brought to the first meeting of the book club at Starbucks) actually links to the official site of the film. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: Grigg is said to live in Vista del Mar; there is no such place near Sacramento. more
Quotes:
Bernadette: All Jane Austen, all the time. It's the perfect antidote.
Prudie Drummond: To what?
Bernadette: To life.
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[SPOILER] How does the book club influence the characters' lives?
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63 out of 66 people found the following comment useful.
Enjoyable to watch with a great ensemble cast, 14 September 2007
8/10
Author: wxgirl55 from Canada

I saw this movie at the Toronto Int'l Film Festival and made a point of learning as little as possible about what it was about and who was in it. Such a refreshing way to be invited into a story.

Though this movie will never win an academy award and it's premise revolves around a well-known British author, this is a very "Hollywood" movie.

The ensemble cast is like a large-scale painting with each character portraying different colours and brush strokes. Their diversity brings perspective and depth to the story.

I loved Bernadette's (Kathy Baker) ballsy and ebullient pseudo-matriarchal figure; and I silently cheered for Jocelyn (Maria Bello) to break out of her disciplined and 'in-control' habits, but it was Emily Blunt's portrayal of Prudie that shone a light giving the sharpest and most emotional contrast of all. She, who steadfastly distanced herself from the social class she grew up in, and worked tirelessly to elevate herself "to the manor born", convinced herself, with her stylish bob, Chanel-esquire attire and fanciful forays into french phrasology, that she was beyond the mundane and ordinary. She convinced me she was both strong and fragile, and my heart broke along with hers. What a lovely performance.

This isn't high-brow film by any means. The audience's biggest challenge is listening for and extracting the many Austen quotes that get zipped and zinged throughout the film. We are ultimately drawn to watching the ever-changing relationships, like petri dishes being poked and provoked.

This movie will be enjoyable even for those unfamiliar with Jane Austen's novels. A visually appealing, emotionally satisfying, safe and somewhat predictable film. Most likely to be pegged as a chick flick because it's heavy on relationships. Guys' loss.

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