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Based on the novel by Jane Austen (who in the '90s seemed to be in the running alongside William Shakespeare and Stephen King for the honors of most adapted author in Hollywood), this period romantic comedy stars Gwyneth Paltrow as Emma Woodhouse, a young woman who imagines herself an authority on matters of the heart. With the best of intentions, Emma plays matchmaker for her friends, most notably her friend Harriet (Toni Collette), who Emma links up with the Reverend Elton (Alan Cumming), and
Aug 2, 1996 Wide
Jan 15, 2002
Miramax Films
All Critics (53) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (38) | Rotten (7) | DVD (8)
Gwyneth Paltrow makes a resplendent Emma, gliding through the film with an elegance and patrician wit that bring the young Katharine Hepburn to mind.
It's not difficult to enjoy the genteel amusements Emma provides even while wishing its virtues were less wholly on the surface.
Gwyneth Paltrow sparkles in the title role, as young Miss Woodhouse, who wants to play God in her own little patch of England.
Perfect for warmhearted family entertainment.
This Emma is light, airy and modern -- surely Austen's funniest work.
While Sense and Sensibility loves subtlety, silence, and space, and Persuasion loves realism, repression, and understatement, Emma loves its star Gwyneth Paltrow ...
McGrath pokes gentle fun at the over-refinements of privileged gentility, though not without enjoying its trappings and honoring its best aspirations.
A good Jane Austen adaptation that can be watched over and over.
Fun, but pales next to the previous year's Clueless.
Although it is a very fine film, I found the pace a little slow in places as it wandered off the mark.
Slightly fun, but really boring.
I don't know why everyone loves this movie I thought it was extremely boring.
September 9, 2010
Super Reviewer
Boring.com
April 23, 2008Super Reviewer
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