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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 4006680024240
Format: PAL
Region Code: 2
Sales Rank: 193359
Theatrical Release Date: November 19, 1999
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Jane
Jane Austen has always been one of my favorite authors. I feel that she provides a good picture of the society and manners of the period. I have read and reread her books and have viewed as many versions of the movies made about her books as I can. This is the best version of Mansfield Park I have seen. It is a fairly close to the book.
Rating:  - Jane Austen Movie Fan - Not a moment too soon! :)
I am a huge fan of Jane Austen films. If you are one who wants the book on film, this may not be for you. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and compare it to other Jane Austen contemporary films such as "Emma" with Gwenthyn Paltrow, "Pride and Prejudice" with Keira Knightley, and "Sense and Sensibility" with Emma Thompson. I proudly will add this to my DVD collection and recommended this movie to those who like the others I have mentioned. (If you have not seen the others - I recommend them too!). ... Read More
Rating:  - Appalled; not a representation of the Austen novel
I was appalled at this version of 'Mansfield Park,' inasmuch as it bears no real resemblance to the Austen book. (The Austen book is not a comedy; Fanny Price can be a frustrating heroine for a modern reader because she would never dream of "standing up for herself," such a concept would be unthinkable to a character like hers, which represents the ultimate victory of sheer goodness over the blandishments of personality, as represented by the opposing persona of Mary Crawford.) This film's presentation ... Read More
Rating:  - Jane Austen, eye-candy, and loosely based-adaptations.
No, this is not a mirror-image of Austen's work. In fact, it's not even close. However, it is an entertaining film and one that kept me watching, if for nothing else than the splendid myriad of scenes depicting Frances O'Connor strutting around courtyards in an early 19th century corset.
If you are an Austen fan, this film might act as some sort of heretical treatise than an actual depiction of her vision of Mansfield Park, but for people like me, who know next-to-nothing about her work, I ... Read More
Rating: - Imaginative and clever, and NOT harping on slavery
So the movie isn't a carbon copy of the book. So? Can we move on?
This movie is thoroughly enjoyable in its own right. I am unpleasantly surprised at how many reviewers seem to think this movie focuses too much on slavery. This topic takes up what, 5 percent of the movie? Yes, there is one arguably graphic scene where Fanny discovers Tom's sketchbook with disturbing images from his father's slave plantation. Well, it's pretty accurate, isn't it? Weren't slaves a topic of considerable attention in ... Read More
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