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Description:
This delightfully fun and lighthearted comedy is based on the story that inspired the hit movie CLUELESS! Dazzling Gwyneth Paltrow (SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS) shines as EMMA, a mischievous young beauty who sets up her single friends. Funny thing is ... she's not very good at it! So when Emma tries to find a man for Harriet (Toni Collette -- THE SIXTH SENSE, ABOUT A BOY), she makes a hilariously tangled mess of everyone's lives. You'll enjoy all the comic confusion ... until Emma herself falls in love, finally freeing everyone from her outrageously misguided attempts at matchmaking.
Product Details:
Actors:
Gwyneth Paltrow, James Cosmo, Greta Scacchi, Alan Cumming, Denys Hawthorne
Format:
Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC
Language:
English
Number of Discs:
1
Studio:
Miramax
Run Time:
121 minutes
DVD Release Date:
January 05, 1999
Average Customer Rating:
based on 335 reviews
Customer Reviews:
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The worst of the four film adaptationsJul 10, 2010 This film adaptation of Emma is, in my opinion, the worst of the four. The filmmakers used a very exaggerated, hyperactive Hollywood style which really undermines Austen storytelling. It leaves the viewer every moment expecting something more 'exciting' to happen but of course because it's an Austen story, the excitement is not in large or epic events but in the small every day interactions between characters and in the things that happen that really can only affect themselves and not society at large. The result of this dichotomy was that it moved at a snail's pace when it tried to 'act' as if it were a racehorse, and I and my four friends who watched it, none of whom were familiar with Austen like I am, were all bored to the point of starting to FALL ASLEEP! We couldn't even finish it but turned it off a little over halfway through.
My personal favorite adaptation is Emma (A&E, 1997), although the brand new one Emma (2009) is excellent as well. The old BBC version Emma (BBC, 1972) is forgettable and not worth watching since we have these other two excellent versions to pick from.
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Terrible blu ray transferMay 30, 2010 I Had bought Emma in The Blu ray format from another vendor.I just had to write something here to warn other customers not to buy this release as it is a very poor transfer onto Blu ray.I agree totally with Kim K with her review of the same Blu Ray release of EMMA.Its as though they have transfered the DVD onto a Bluray disc.Very poor indeed.As Kim K said wait for the US release.
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The Ever Addicting AustenMay 10, 2010 Austen DVD's hold an irresistible pull for me. I bet I can't watch just one. Although some adaptations are more appealing than others, I found the Paltrow version of Emma, a 19th century romantic British romp, delightful. Wonderful set decoration, costumes and lush scenery are a given. The remaining cast members (esp Toni Collete's Harriett)are the completion to a magical Austen film. Of course, I purchased one for a friend who is also taken with all things Jane. Marvellous! Highly recommend!
If you are a Jane-O-Phile these are my fave adaptations of some of her other works.
Sense & Sensibility (Special Edition) That garnered an Oscar (perhaps 2) for Emma Thompson and the ever drool worthy Colin Firth adaption of Jane's Pride and Prejudice [Blu-ray].
Enjoy Jane's wonderful works!
Beautifully filmed version of Austen's "Emma"Apr 26, 2010 This is a beautifully filmed version of the Austen classic "Emma". I particularly liked the emphasis on the humor of character interactions throughout the story, often in ways that could not be easily conveyed in a book. All of the actors are excellent, particularly Sophie Thompson as Miss Bates, and Alan Cummings as Mr. Elton.
My only quibble is really that Jeremy Northam and Gwyneth Paltrow were both *too* gorgeous and sophisticated-looking: it seemed ridiculous that a man like that would not already have been married, and certainly older members of their circle would have paired these two off long before ! I think they look a little closer in age than in other versions of Emma.
Nevertheless, I still enjoy it every time I see it.
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DON'T BUY THIS IMPORTED BLU-RAY VERSION!!!!!!Apr 07, 2010 I was excited to buy this Blu-ray version because I've enjoyed the DVD so much over the past few years. This version is actually worse than the DVD. I actually returned the Blu-ray to Amazon, and they fully refunded me everything that I had paid for it.
This is such a bad version that it has actually brought me to leave my first feedback on Amazon after being a customer for over 10 years!
Note - If you have bought the new Blu-ray of the A&E Pride & Prejudice w/ Colin Firth and are expecting the same amazing high-quality with this Blu-ray, you will be terribly disappointed. I will now wait for the US studio to release its Blu-ray version of Emma.
based on 335 reviews
