
‘Emma, Emma, Emma’.
The most fitting phrase I can think of to best describe how I feel about the remake of Jane Austen’s classic comedy/drama Emma is ‘Well, it’s not terrible’. Because it really isn’t, but I also didn’t find it to be great either.
Starring Anya Taylor-Joy as the well-meaning ‘handsome, clever, and rich’ Emma Woodhouse, a young woman who likes to meddle in others’ love lives; I must confess that it wasn’t long before I grew tired of Emma’s manipulations.
In all fairness, Austen did predict that Emma wouldn’t be a character many people would like, except Austen herself. A shame for me since there isn’t really much else that goes on in the story to divert from the meddling.
Also starring Bill Nighy, Miranda Hart and Josh O’Connor, the highlights that had me sticking with director Autumn de Wilde’s film till the end include my favourite funny moment. The one that involves the pronunciation of the word ‘innocence’ as ‘InNOsense,’ and specifically Bill Nighy’s character’s reaction to the mispronunciation. Another highlight is Mia Goth’s turn as Harriett, the ‘smiling idiot.’ I’m not sure how Austen describes Harriett in her book, but ‘smiling idiot/simpleton’ is what I got from Goth’s delivery.
Then there are the costumes. The costumes are definitely my favourite thing about Emma overall. Particularly the clothes on Austen’s heroine. Said attire proved absolutely key in keeping me watching all the way through.
Last but not least, we have the confession of romantic feelings under the tree towards the end, I really enjoyed how the moment was captured.
Make time for Emma if you’re curious, and certainly for the costumes.
Happy Film Loving
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I see Jane Austen I click 😀 To be honest, Emma is my least favorite of her books and I love her books (love being an understatement :D)… I could hardly stand to watch the Emma version with Gwyneth Paltrow… but I may give this one a go 🙂
I’m not surprised that Emma isn’t your favourite. I think it’s the same for many Austen fans. I’ll always remember the costumes in this remake.
I’ve just gotta watch this for the actress portraying Emma now shouldn’t I. I almost see myself behaving like her in some ways
Taylor-Joy is indeed good in the role, so yes, watch it for her and her character‘so style. 🤓
Yesss but I’ve never heard of her
I was going to watch her because we have the same first name. 🙂 a little more of a pull I suppose
I see. ATJ has been a some good movies; Split and Glass being two of them. And sharing the same name is a good enough reason as any. 🤓
Lovely. I’ll check them out. Thank you 😊