Ang Lee's enchanting big-screen version of "Sense and Sensibility" does justice to Jane Austen's novel. The novel - first published in 1811 - was gracefully adapted for the big screen by first-time screenwriter Emma Thompson, who received an Oscar for her efforts - as well as a nomination for Best Actress for her starring role as Elinor Dashwood. Released in 1995, the film also provides an entertaining glimpse of some famous faces - notably Kate Winslet, Thompson and Hugh Grant - looking significantly younger than they do today. Mrs Henry Dashwood (Gemma Jones) and her three daughters, Elinor, Marianne and Margaret are left in financially ...  Read the complete review

Ang Lee's adaptation of Jane Austen's timeless classic novel is perhaps the most celebrated, and although the harshest critics will have wanted a more pure adaptation, this perhaps strikes the perfect balance between staying true to the book and providing on screen entertainment and making it feasible as a film. It tells of two sisters, Elinor and Marianne, and their family, as they are forced from riches to rags by the laws of inheritance, set in a time before the mod cons that we are all used to. It's a tale of survival as much as it is a romantic drama, as we first see the family's situation deteriorate until they fall on their luck as a relative allows ...  Read the complete review

Sense and Sensibility was made in 1995 and based on the novel of the same name by Jane Austen, written in 1811. Emma Thompson wrote the screenplay, as well as starring as Elinor Dashwood. Sense and Sensibility was awarded an Oscar for its screenplay and nominated for further Oscars in several categories, including cinematography, soundtrack and costumes, and both Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet were nominated for their performances. ** Plot ** When old Mr Dashwood dies he is forced by the rules of inheritance to leave his entire fortune to his son, John, and daughter-in-law, Fanny. The couple are responsible for taking care of Mr Dashwood's ...  Read the complete review

When the old Mr Dashwood dies he asks his son, John to look after his sisters and step mother. Although John promises his father he will, his Mr Dashwood is barely cold before John's calculating and money grabbing wife Fanny has her say. By the time she has finished Mr Dashwood's second family is left with a meagre allowance and the knowledge that life as they knew it will never be the same. It is not long before John and Fanny have installed themselves as the new owners of the Norland Estate whilst Mrs Dashwood and her daughters the steady, reserved Elinor, headstrong and emotional Marianne and tom boy Margaret are left looking for a new home. Fanny ...  Read the complete review

Sense and Sensibility is a 1995 Ang Lee film adaptation of Jane Austen's novel of the same name. ***Plot*** The plot centres on the two Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. After their father dies the two girls, their younger sister Margaret and mother, Mrs Dashwood are left with a diminutive allowance to live off after their half brother, John, and his greedy wife Fanny inherit the family estate. When John, Fanny and their young son move into the Dashwood home they're visited by Fanny's brother Edward who forms a budding friendship with Elinor until the Dashwood ladies feel compelled to leave for a new home. Their new home, a small cottage near ...  Read the complete review