Reviews for this film from our members:
- [New – 5/22/14] | Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
- Excerpt: Despite its best efforts, Austenland could never find what it wanted to be: spoof or sincere.
- Edwin Arnaudin @ Ashvegas
- Excerpt: Along with Jennifer Coolidge playing her usual eccentric self, touches like the exaggerated, bounding manner with which Lady Heartwright (Georgia King) walks and a random visit from one of Nelly’s greatest hits try too hard and clash with the more refined humor that comes naturally with the setting.
- David Bax @ Battleship Pretension
- Excerpt: When Russell and Feild are together, we get hints of Austenland’s potential as a skewed, modern-day version of a Jane Austen story. Unfortunately, Hess and company weren’t nearly as interested in Austen as they were in a thousand other boring romantic comedies.
- Luke Bonanno @ DVDizzy.com
- Excerpt: Austenland adds to the Hess family’s post-Napoleon Dynamite disappointments.
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Even Colin Firth rising from a pond completely starkers couldn’t save this outing.
- Tony Dayoub @ Cinema Viewfinder
- Excerpt: …doesn’t really know what it wants to be, parody, tribute, romantic comedy or goofy social commentary.
- Susan Granger @ www.susangranger.com
- Excerpt: Amiable, yet flimsy – too bad it’s not a saucier, snarkier satire.
- MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: Austenland, allow me to tell you how ardently I loathe and despise you.
- Jeremy Kibler @ The Artful Critic
- Excerpt: The writer-director’s labored sensibility might have been ill-matched with the author’s fond sense of humor. But, for the most part, a silly-sweet tone and likable cast carry it far enough to the status of a pleasantly goofy, featherweight trifle.
- Benjamin Kramer @ The Voracious Filmgoer
- Ross Miller @ Thoughts On Film
- Excerpt: Once its initial charm wears thin it soon becomes clear the film is far more interested in staying in the comfortable box of clichés and predictability.
- Jamie S. Rich @ Oregon Live
- Excerpt: Jane soon finds the mashup of fantasy and reality doesn’t always mesh. Unfortunately, neither do the various elements of “Austenland.”
- Tom Santilli @ Examiner.com
- Excerpt: The film would have benefited greatly had it instead tried to invoke the feel of an Austen novel, instead of just dressing up like one.
- Andrew Wyatt @ Look/Listen (St. Louis Magazine)
- Excerpt: The film’s drably formulaic quality might be forgivable, were its screenplay not so leadenly unfunny.
