Emma Reviews

Emma Review
by The Flying Inkpot
Directed by: Douglas McGrath Written by: Douglas McGrath (novel by Jane Austen) Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma Woodhouse), Toni Collette (Harriet Smith), Alan Cumming (Rev. Elton), Jeremy Northam (Mr. Knightley), Ewan McGregor (Frank...more

Emma Review
by Kristian Lin
It's great fun finding out that a dramatic actress (which Gwyneth Paltrow has been heretofore known to us) has an unsuspected comic talent. As a con artist and grave robber in FLESH AND BONE, she gave a dose of self-assurance in a meandering...more

Emma Review
by Mark R. Leeper
Capsule: It may be that the Jane Austen craze is nearing the end of its course, at least with me. The title character plays with people's emotions and even their lives. In the end her punishment is...more

Emma Review
by Desiree Sy
First, a general caveat; this isn't actually a review of EMMA, per se. I have a strong interest in Jane Austen, and a strong interest in film adaptations, and this is an examination of how I think the adaptation of EMMA works, and where it fails. In...more

Emma Review
by James Berardinelli
EMMA A film review by James Berardinelli Copyright 1996 James Berardinelli more

Emma Review
by Scott Renshaw
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Toni Collette, Jeremy Northam, Alan Cumming, Ewan McGregor, Greta Scacchi, Juliet Stevenson, Polly Walker, Sophie Thompson. Screenplay: Douglas McGrath. Director: Douglas McGrath. Reviewed by Scott Renshaw. more

Emma Review
by Magus
As I watched Alicia Silverstone walking around Beverly Hills acting flirtatious and coy in the movie CLUELESS, I was stunned that about 4 months later I had learned that CLUELESS had been based on a novel by Jane Austen called EMMA. I later read EMMA to...more

Emma Review
by Christopher Null
EMMA A film review by Christopher Null Copyright 1996 Christopher Null more

Emma Review
by Steve Rhodes
EMMA is a delightful film about manners, marrying, letters, and gentility. It is the most inconsequential of all of the recent Jane Austin books to reach the big screen (PERSUASION and SENSE AND SENSIBILITY) or the little screen ("Pride and...more