Essay Galaxy - Movie Review: Sense and Sensibility
Movie Review: Sense and Sensibility
Ang Lee, who directed, and Emma Thompson, who adapted the screenplay, have
done an excellent job of bringing Jane Austen's Victorian novel, Sense and
Sensibility, to the movie screen. The movie's collection of actors are a joy to
watch as they bring out the emotions of an otherwise polite and reserved era in
time. The production work is top notch with bright, cascading photography that
sets a romantic "I wish I was there" setting. The purpose of the Sense and
Sensibility is to bring out the romance in all of us and show us that Austen's
philosophy of love exists today as much as it did two centuries ago.
Sense and Sensibility could rightly be classified as a love story, but
that would just scratch the surface of what this movie has to offer. It is also
a period piece, giving us a chance....
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