Five women and one man who form a book club to read Jane Austen.
There's lots of talk about books and plots that are code for what's going on in the people's lives. There's those conversations where two people at the table know what's being said and the rest are left in the fog thinking the book is being talked about.
It's a bit of a chick flick, and it goes a wee bit overboard here and there, but it's filmed with a lot of visual humor. The characters are fun. I miss most of the Jane Austen, but then there's Ursula K. LeGuin stuff flying around a bit too. Some of the redemptions are a bit twee, but it's a very fun ride to the end.
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branchandroot
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Date: 2007-09-27 03:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-27 03:38 am (UTC)It's another book I own (I think), but haven't read. I remember the author as being a pretty nice person (she was co-GoH at a Diversicon).
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Date: 2007-09-27 04:07 am (UTC)P.
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Date: 2007-09-27 04:43 am (UTC)The movie...
Date: 2007-09-27 03:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-27 04:42 am (UTC)Absolutely no reflection on the book at all.
Uhm...
Date: 2007-09-27 11:17 am (UTC)It's about a bunch of people...
Date: 2007-09-27 11:20 am (UTC)There's lots of talk about books and plots that are code for what's going on in the people's lives. There's those conversations where two people at the table know what's being said and the rest are left in the fog thinking the book is being talked about.
I enjoyed it...
Date: 2007-09-27 11:15 am (UTC)