I don't care much for literature, Jane Austen in particular. So I wasn't about to do any comparisons. However, I do care for comedies and this one was not very funny. Liza Lapira is very capable of stealing a scene and she tried here, but even she couldn't do much with the dialogue. Mark Moses had the best scenes with Alicia Witt and others. He probably came off the best of everyone. They needed to get someone, anyone other than Shane McRae as the male lead. The best I can say is his heart does not appear to have been in it. I will say the cat was great.
I love Alicia Witt. I know she can act and do comedy very well. This was not her best effort. She does not appear to perk up until the very last scene. And then she does her usual great job of kissing the guy. But unfortunately that did not make up for the previous 90 minutes. If I didn't like her so much I would've turned it off before the first half hour was over.
I love Alicia Witt. I know she can act and do comedy very well. This was not her best effort. She does not appear to perk up until the very last scene. And then she does her usual great job of kissing the guy. But unfortunately that did not make up for the previous 90 minutes. If I didn't like her so much I would've turned it off before the first half hour was over.