Becoming Jane Review

I'm a huge Jane Austen fan and this really was nearly perfection for me. The characters were well played, and though the reality of the story is a bit questionable, the styling of the plot twists and characters in corrilation with Austen's writing was very well done. Of course, it's said that the stories she wrote and characters in them are based on her life and her family and friends so maybe it comes full circle here after all. The stretch is likely in the romance, for I fear real romance is precisely what the real Jane lacked in life and wrote about mostly out of longing.

The acting is fairly good--my one complaint would be having cast an American to play an English icon, which wouldn't have been so bad if Ann Hathaway's accent hadn't been so hit-and-miss. The drama is perfectly balanced with humor and wit, as was Miss Austen's style. The scenery is beautiful, and the period detail spot on. The best romance I've seen in quite some time.