Mansfield Park

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Average Rating: (See all 6 reviews) Format: DVD (M) Ships within 2-5 days At 10, Fanny Price, a poor relation, goes to live at Mansfield Park, the estate of her aunt's husband, Sir Thomas. Clever, studious, and a writer with an ironic imagination and fine moral compass, she becomes especially close to Edmund, Thomas's younger son. Fanny is soon possessed of beauty as well as a keen mind and comes to the attention of a neighbor, Henry Crawford. Thomas promotes this match, but to his displeasure, Fanny has a mind of her own, asking Henry to prove himself worthy. As Edmund courts Henry's sister and as light shines on the link between Thomas's fortunes and New World slavery, Fanny must assess Henry's character and assert her heart as well as her wit. Synopsis She is the daughter of a woman who married for love, not money and, as a result, Fanny Price has known a life of poverty. Her aunt, however, did the opposite and now Lady Bertram lives luxuriously at Mansfield Park, a magnificent estate in Northamptonshire.Here Fanny is sent to live with her aunt and family who make her feel very much the poor relation. However her cousin, Edmund, is kind and caring and the pair share a special relationship. That is, until Mansfield Park acquires some new neighbours: Henry Crawford and his beautiful sister, Mary. Edmund is quite taken by Mary, while Henry has set his sights on Fanny's cousin, Maria. But while the Crawfords may seem the perfect addition to any family, their motives are less so...and by the time they are properly revealed, life at Mansfield Park will never be the same again. Run Time: 112 minutes FullScreen: None Widescreen: Yes Format: PAL Aspect: 1.78:1 Director: Patricia Rozema Cast: Embeth Davidtz, Jonny Lee Miller, Frances O'Connor, Alessandro Nivola, Hannah Taylor Gordon Writer: Patricia Rozema Producer: Sarah Curtis Composer: Lesley Barber Subtitles: English for the hearing impaired Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Extended: Interviews with director Patricia Rozema, Frances O'Conner, Embeth Davidtz, Alessandro Nivola, On set at Mansfield Park: Patricia Rozena at work, Theatrical trailer. Publisher: Roadshow Entertainment UPC: 9398710469998

This a good and very enjoyable Austen adaptation.
The story is tweaked with in some places, but I liked this as the film took some elements only hinted at in the book (the connection between the family's wealth and slavery) and explored them, and also, I felt, show that Fanny is not the pathetic/weak character that some readers of the novel interpret her as.

Frances O'Connor and Jonny Lee Miller are both great and very likeable.

I watched this with my mum, who hasn't read the book and she enjoyed it too, so I don't think familiarity with the text is necessary to enjoy this charming film.
This is a really nice price, so if you're an Austen or historical romance fan, give this film a go.

A lovely & witty story about another headstrong Austen heroine who is courageous, intelligent and beautiful, who must work out who it is she loves and what it is she wants... our heroine Fanny Price goes to live with her snobbish, class conscious rellys in the country, and that's when all the fun begins. Not a bad Austen adaptation...

Mansfield Park was great. The scenery in these movies are fantastic, would recommend them to anyone.

(3 1/2 STARS)

First, let me say that I am a die-hard Jane Austen fanatic - I've read all of her books, several of them multiple times, and I own many tv/film adaptations of her novels on DVD. Mansfield Park is, in my opinion, one of Austen's greatest works - not her most likable or most popular book by any means, but still an extraordinary classic of English literature.

Before I watched this particular film, I had heard several things about it which I did not at all like the sound of. . . hence I was very reluctant to watch this movie. I was prepared to dislike it very much indeed.

What a surprise it was when I found, after viewing it, that I liked it - quite a bit, in fact. It is infinitely superior in almost every respect to the dreadful 2007 ITV version with Billie Piper. Yes, it is nothing like the novel, but you simply have to accept and enjoy this film for what it is - don't expect it to be faithful to Austen's novel, because it isn't.

The musical score is absolutely exquisite, the whole thing is beautifully and imaginitively filmed, the actors are (for the most part) well cast and do their job admirably, and, as always, the English countryside is gorgeous. In fact, this movie would be worth seeing for the beautiful soundtrack and scenery alone. . .

Frances O'Connor's portrayal of heroine Fanny Price is nothing like Jane Austen's Fanny, but she puts her own spin on the character, and, incredibly, she does such a nice job that I can almost forgive her for not being true to the novel.

WARNING FOR PARENTS: Unlike pretty much every other Jane Austen movie that you're likely to come across, this film is not suitable for young viewers. There is some adult content - we briefly see a couple in bed together, several disturbing images of male and female slaves being abused are shown in a character's notebook, and there are one or two scenes that could be seen to hint (depending on which way you choose to interpret them) at lesbianism. Because of this unnecessary and problematic content (Jane would be spinning in her grave), I can only give this film 3 out 5 stars. Otherwise I would have made it 4 out 5.

Mansfield Park is an oddly unsatisfying adaptation of JAne Austen. There are all the usual elements one associates with Jane Austen such as the strong willed heroine surviving on her wits and the vaguely sinister love interest and lots of supprting characters. There is however despite a capable cast a complete absence of dramatic spark. Its all rather flat and dull.

The location shooting at Kirby Hall is symptomatic of the film - an impressive looking shell, with nothing inside it.

Mansfield Park is Austen's sharpest and subtlest satire, leavened with some splendid comedy characters. This however seems to have passed completely over the makers, who have provided us instead with an admittedly prettily photographed film that conveys nothing of the book. It's difficult of course to compress it into the space of two hours, but at least they might have tried. As it is the plot is sadly garbled; I doubt that anyone who had not read the book (or at least a synopsis of it) would make head or tail of what was going on, and anyone who has read the book would be completely baffled by the cavalier discarding of key elements of the book. What is unmistakably a 20th century cast with 20th century manners dresses up and romps through it as a bodice ripper, completely missing the point that it's meant to be a study of social power structures breaking down in 18th century England. I found myself with a finger on the fast forward butting, wanting the cast to get out of the way of the scenery.