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Genre | Comedy |
Format | Multiple Formats, Dolby, NTSC, Anamorphic, Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Subtitled |
Contributor | Columbia Pictures, Hugh Grant, Gemma Jones, Ang Lee, Elizabeth Spriggs, Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson, Emilie Francois, Lindsay Doran, Alan Rickman, James Fleet, Tom Wilkinson See more |
Language | English, Spanish |
Runtime | 2 hours and 16 minutes |
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Starring Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant and Kate Winslet
Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant star in this captivating romantic comedy that swept the Ten Best Lists and was named the Best Picture of the Year by the Golden Globes. Based on Jane Austen's classic novel, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY tells of the Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor (Thompson) and passionate Marianne (Winslet), whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. Rickman, Grant and Greg Wise co-star as the well-intentioned suitors who are trapped by the strict rules of society and the conflicting laws of desire.
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Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant star in this captivating romantic comedy that swept the Ten Best Lists and was named the Best Picture of the Year by the Golden Globes(r). Based on Jane Austen's classic novel, Sense and Sensibility tells of the Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor (Thompson) and passionate Marianne (Winslet), whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. Rickman, Grant, and Greg Wise co-star as the well-intentioned suitors who are trapped by the strict rules of society and the conflicting laws of desire.
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.85:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.38 x 0.6 inches; 1.92 ounces
- Item model number : 043396115996
- Director : Ang Lee
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Dolby, NTSC, Anamorphic, Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Subtitled
- Run time : 2 hours and 16 minutes
- Release date : August 24, 1999
- Actors : Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, James Fleet
- Dubbed: : Portuguese
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish, Georgian, Chinese, Thai, Portuguese
- Producers : Lindsay Doran
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.0), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Unqualified, Portuguese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
- Studio : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- ASIN : 0800141660
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #724 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #9 in Romance (Movies & TV)
- #64 in Comedy (Movies & TV)
- #79 in Kids & Family DVDs
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- Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2023“Sense and Sensibility” (1995) is one of the best film adaptations of Jane Austen, well scripted, well directed and well acted. But superficially at least, it had all the makings of a potential disaster. It was the idea of producer Lindsay Doran, who had developed a love for Austen and particularly this novel when she lived in England in the early 1970s. An Austen adaptation had not been filmed since 1940’s “Pride and Prejudice” and there was no current vogue for the author. I suspect her just being hired as a new producer at Sidney Pollack’s independent production company, Mirage Enterprises enabled its greenlighting. The screenplay was entrusted to an actress who had never written a screenplay. The chosen director had never heard of Jane Austen and his three films had been about Chinese and Chinese-American life and filmed mostly in the Chinese language.
Fortunately the screenwriter was Emma Thompson, who was able to bridge the actor-screenwriter divide and create a script true to Austen’s world while making the usual adjustments that translation to the time limit of films demands. It took over four years to write it. She remains the only person ever to win an Academy Award in both writing and acting categories, the acting award being for “Howard’s End”. Choosing Ang Lee was taking a bigger chance, but Doran and Thompson saw understanding of family life and both warmth and humor in his films and hired him. Austen had a great sense of humor about her society and I think it was important that both the producer and screenwriter had begun in comedy and would not have allowed a stiff, humorless adaptation.
The film has the usual demands that any Austen film makes. There are many characters, often related to each other and these relationships need to be understood to understand fully, what’s going on. Fortunately here, there are but five primary characters with the rest more peripheral but still affecting the plot in important ways. The two Dashwood sisters, Elinor (Emma Thompson) and Marianne (Kate Winslet), represent sense and sensibility. Though seemingly interchangeable now, the latter term meant a prizing of emotion and feelings over rationality. In this way it was the early stirrings of Romanticism, which would become full blown by the 1820s. Austen was suspicious of sensibility and here illustrates how it often leads to problems. Thompson had to be convinced to play Elinor, who is only nineteen in the novel, but I think the wisdom of her character would have seemed odd coming from an appropriately aged actress and suits Thomson perfectly. This was only Winslet’s second film, but her Marianne is just right. Thompson and Winslet play the Dashwoods similarly enough to be sisters and their differences in temperament enough to be unalike, but not so much as to become characures. At a certain moment, Elinore shows Marianne that she feels things as deeply as she, but understands the need for rules of conduct. (The third sister, a child, appears only rarely).
The three male leads each woo the sisters to one degree or another. Hugh Grant had recently broken out internationally in “Four Weddings and a Funeral” and further developed his handsome and charming but reticent and occasionally stammering character here as Edward Ferrars. Edward instantly understands the seriousness of the Dashwood’s situation and is compassionate. He makes a good impression despite being absent from the screen for long stretches. Alan Rickman had been wanting to break away from the villainous roles in which he had been typecast since “Die Hard” and succeeded in creating a devoted, honorable man in Colonel Brandon. Greg Wise plays John Willoughby, an uncommonly handsome fellow who drives a fast carriage and carries a pocket volume of Shakespeare’s Sonnets on him at all times, the very portrait of a Romantic hero. Actor Greg Wise is perfect for the part (and also began a relationship with Thompson that resulted in their long marriage). Most of the supporting characters are done for comic effect, especially Mrs. Jennings (Elizabeth Spriggs) who with her son in law, Sir John Middleton (Robert Hardy) are the gossips and matchmakers of Devonshire. Harriet Walter is absolutely wicked in her snobbishness as Fanny Dashwood but hilarious when she receives a sudden shock. If you’re at all inclined, Jane Austen’s characters can be looked up online and I’m certain it would help sort them out and make it a more valuable experience, but be careful, some of them delve into the plot too much.
The second problem is in understanding the intricacies of the Regency Period legal system. Austen wasn’t writing just comedies of manners but had a serious purpose in describing the effects of the legal system, especially on women. It’s virtually the theme of “Sense and Sensibility” where everyone is very subject to it. I can’t do justice to it here so here are the briefest points. Inheritance law generally bestowed a large estate on the eldest male heir. Even his younger brothers had to do with minor sums of money and often went into the military or clergy. This was a strong custom but could be overruled (think of Lady Catherine de Bourgh in “Pride and Prejudice”) but that was a rare thing. Women could inherit money as Emma Woodhouse had, making her much more independent than the usual Austen heroine. This is what makes Austen so serious. At any given time a chasm could open up under anyone due to the laws of inheritance. Such a situation happens here where the female Dashwoods lose Norland Park, the very epitome of an English Estate and are fortunate to get use of a cottage from a distant relation. Mrs. Dashwood (Gemma Jones) was his second wife and his father had made his will to keep the estate in the male line by allowing Mr. Dashwood the use but not the ownership of the estate; he died before he could make much of this. (This is the first scene in the film so I’m not really giving anything away). It could almost be as bad on the men. Both Edward Ferrars and John Willoughby find themselves unable to do as they would really wish due to these laws and customs. Having an “Understanding” is also an important thing here. In this case it means an actual proposal of marriage, not an assumption. A proposal had legal standing and the force of law and breaking it could lead to scandal and a breach of promise lawsuit.
Back to the film, at last. The film is shot in cool colors, often soft greens and grays, which help ground it in reality. A temptation would be to make it too pretty with storybook colors - which actually worked in Emma (1996) but that was done purely as a light comedy. Here the cool tones make everything very real looking, emphasizing that the consequences at stake here are serious. The clothing is perfect for the period, even the country dresses at the London ball. It has always perplexed me that women were so wise to throw away all those confining eighteenth century hairstyles and dresses and were finally comfortable, only to throw it away not long after for corsets and framework. The music is by Patrick Doyle, who had scored some of Kenneth Branagh’s films and is a good and never overwhelming accompaniment to the film. He wrote his own music entirely for the film, even the songs and dance music, where most film composers would have used actual music of the day, perhaps from “The Apollonian Harmony” or John Playford’s “The English Dancing Master”. But, likely as a challenge, he wrote convincing period music. This fills the first part of the film, but from Elinor and Marianne’s serious discussion onward, the music becomes Romantic influenced film score music.
Overall this film wins on every count and ends just as Austen’s did (though it seems a bit tacked on here because there simply wasn’t time to add more development). Even if you are not an Austen fan the film is easy enough to understand and dramatically paced enough to make its two hours move quickly. The DVD is rather deluxe with audio commentary by director Ang Lee and Emma Thompson, deleted scenes and trailers.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2025Even though this version does not follow the book precisely, it is my favorite of all of the Jane Austen movies. Alan Rickman's performance is a tour de force. Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet are also amazing, as is Hugh Grant. The soundtrack is so gorgeous. It's such a satisfying ending as well, but all Jane Austen books have happy endings, even though they seem impossible to end happily. The casting is so spot on that I can hardly describe it. I can't think of anyone else playing Colonel Brandon, or Elinor, especially. I have seen other versions, and they pale in comparison. This has been one of my favorite movies since the first time I saw it almost 30 years ago. And, by the way, Emma Thompson wrote the script and won best screenplay for it.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2024From the first time I saw this movie all those years ago, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Purchased a DVD to rewatch it again and was happy I did so. Lovely movie that has stood the test of time.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2024Great DVD - clear and crisp looking -- you get the full movie.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2024I became such a fan the 1st time I saw this. I have watched it sooo many times and never tire of it. Wow . . .
the acting and writing is 1st class. You're watching a masterpiece! Had to buy to relive the film over & over again. Emma Thompson is a genius in the way she wrote this screenplay as well as A+ acting with her and every single actor (they are amazing). Recommend highly. Delivered on time and in wonderful shape . . .the pictures are outstanding.
- Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2002Jane Austen is a fine writer, but her wordiness tends to drain the life from many of her characters. Thankfully, Emma Thompson recognized the limitations of the novel and adapted her screenplay accordingly, enhancing the humor of the original story and heightening drama to make the film more captivating. A cast was then chosen, made up of very talented thespians, including Miss Thompson herself. Add to that splendid English landscapes, excellent directing, haunting music, and superb cinematography, and what emerges is a modern masterpiece.
This is no movie for action fans; it is far too cerebral and requires a serious attention span. For those who enjoy a good love story well told, this film delivers. The characters are three-dimensional and their dilemmas full of human drama, bound as they are by the morals and manners of the times. Three sisters and their mother are left virtually penniless by the stricture against females inheriting property then in place in English law. The half-brother to the Dashwood women receives it all, but his selfish wife talks him out of helping his stepmother and half-sisters. It is up to the two older girls---sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne---to seek their fortunes in romance while lacking a dowry to help them.
Elinor finds her soulmate in shy, retiring Edward Ferrars, brother of the selfish sister-in-law, a man lacking in the usual Victorian ambitions. Her budding romance is shelved when his sister makes it clear that Elinor is "unsuitable" for Edward. The sisters and their mother then go to stay in a cottage owned by a kindly relative, Sir John, and his mother-in-law, the irrepressible Mrs. Jennings. The old woman is a confirmed gossip and matchmaker, bound to see one of the two sisters hitched up to Colonel Brandon, the most eligible bachelor in the area.
Brandon first sees Marianne singing a melancholy song and is incurably smitten. She in turn loses her heart to a dashing young man named Willoughby, who is her ideal of a Victorian-era gentleman, complete with a pocket book of sonnets. Brandon, who loves her more than his own happiness, steps aside and even encourages their relationship, despite his dislike for the handsome rogue.
Things take an unexpected turn for the worse for both sisters---Willoughby abruptly drops Marianne and flees to London with no explanation and Elinor discovers that Edward is engaged to a shallow young woman named Lucy Steele. The ensuing twists and turns in the plot make this film both agonizing and entertaining to watch. Mercifully, everyone winds up happy at the end wedded to the right person.
The whole film is solidly done, but it is the acting that really shines. Thompson is perfect for the role of the calmer sister, while Winslett is brilliant as the mercurial Marianne. Grant is endearing as the gentle Edward; Rickman finally gets to display his considerable ability to act the part of a very good and unselfish man. The rest of the cast keeps pace with the leads, and Hugh Laurie is indescribably funny as the sarcastic Mr. Palmer. One very beautiful aspect of this movie, along with the tendency to get drawn into the story, is the evocative musical score that tugs at the heartstrings.
All in all, this is a wonderful example of a film genre that is so often overlooked in today's world---period romance. More movies like this one desperately need to be produced. Buy this one today because it's a gem, perfect for an afternoon of inclement weather with your own soulmate.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2024In my humble opinion, this is the best movie version of the book.
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- JUNE JACKReviewed in Canada on November 1, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT WATCH
SO GOOD FOR COLD NIGHTS TO WATCH JUST THE BEST EVER
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AndreasReviewed in Germany on June 11, 2023
1.0 out of 5 stars Absicht?
Für Kauf-DVDs gibt es Regionalcodes. Für Europa ist es die 2. Die gesendete DVD hat Code 1,3,4 und kann in Deutschland nicht abgespielt werden. Man müsste ein Rip-Verfahren anwenden, was aber illegal ist.
- Client d'AmazonReviewed in the United Kingdom on June 17, 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie, I'll never get tired of re-watching it.
It's one of my most favourite movies. It was great 15 years ago, and it is same wonderful now.
- GigiReviewed in Canada on July 4, 2024
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- Diane HReviewed in Canada on July 22, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars Sense and Sensibility.
This is another great British adaption of a Jane Austen Classic, Sense and Sensibility, which after their father’s death, 3 sisters find themselves in abject poverty looking to marry, after they lose their home due to they way property is bequeathed in the 1800’s in the UK. It goes through the male line only, not to the female line, so if there are no sons, which there were none in this family of 3 girls, the property goes to the closest living male heir. So, the girls and their mother, are now at the mercy of rich relatives they do not know, and have to move to a smaller home in the country, and live near these unknown relations. Much to their chagrin. Well done movie. Recommended.