Emma

Starring: Paltrow, Gwyneth

Product Description

This delightfully fun and lighthearted comedy is based on Jane Austen's classic novel. Dazzling Gweneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love, Iron Man) shines as Emma- a mischievous young beauty who sets up... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• Release Date: February 2014
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Lions Gate Home Entertainment
• Directors: Doug McGrath, Douglas McGrath
• Starring: Paltrow, Gwyneth
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match.

I was going to avoid this film as I was under the impression that it would be contemporary with the period dress. However, I decided to give it a go. Well, I am pleasantly surprised to find that Jane Austin shines through on the film. Not the heavily satirical Jane but the one I came to like in such films as "Sense and Sensibility" (1995). It is rural 1800s England. Young Emma Woodhouse (Gwyneth Paltrow) accidentally brings two people together to make a perfect match. Now she knows her avocation; it is a propensity to make other perfect matches. While poorly perusing her avocation, she is unaware of her feelings for her best friend and mentor, Mr. Knightley (Jeremy Northam). Of course, we know what is going on from the get-go. However, it is fun anticipating Emma's mistakes and waiting for the lights to come on in this comedy of manners.