Masterpiece Theatre: Mansfield Park
WGBH Boston - WGBH Boston
Release date: 2008-01-29
DVD
Director:Iain B. MacDonald
Actors: Billie Piper, Blake Ritson
Biting, Cerebral, Class Differences, Color, Drama, English, Feature, Literate, Made for TV, Melancholy, Movie, Period Film, Romance, Romantic Drama, Scandals and Cover-Ups, Sexual Situations, Stylish, Television: WGBH, UK, USA
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Masterpiece Theatre: Mansfield Park
Date undefinedThis production is awful and an embarrassment. It is far from accurate and, in addition to lacking important aspects of the book, truly lacks the tone and feeling of the book. Moreover the leading actress has little to do with Fanny Price as she is and looks and acts in the novel. Austen would have been seriously displeased.
Masterpiece Theatre: Mansfield Park
Date undefinedAs other reviewers have already said, this is Mansfield Park in name only. The movie cuts out so much of the story that nothing is left except to wait for Edmund to have his ah-ha moment, which fortunately doesn't take too long. Billie Piper does capture Fanny's sweetness, but the movie is so rushed that it doesn't really make much sense.
Masterpiece Theatre: Mansfield Park
Date undefinedJust as the heroine, Fanny Price, stays faithful to her unspoken love for her cousin, this dramatization of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park stays faithful to Austen's intent, if not to every detail. The film does not dwell on Fanny's youth, but moves you directly into her conflict of watching her love interest, Edmund Bertram, fall prey to the charms of a flirtatious, materialistic new neighbor.
Actress Billie Piper does a wonderful job as the grounded, dependable Fanny who stays true to her heart despite the pressures around her to accept another suitor. If you can get past the idea of cousins falling in love (and Austen fans must!), this Masterpiece theatre film is a real treat.
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