Becoming Jane (English, 2007)

Becoming Jane is the story of the early years of Jane Austen, one of the most famous writers in English literature. It portends to convey the society and conventions of the late eighteenth century; the humble position of Jane's own family; the choice that she has to make between a rich noble and a penniless lover and how eventually her experiences transform her from a girl named Jane Austen to THE Jane Austen.

Anne Hathway plays young Jane to perfection and the movie does convey what it set out to convey, only its not movie material. At least not great movie material. Jane Austen wrote love stories wonderful enough to make movies about, she had the ability to alleviate her characters from the humdrum of everyday life and make them get what they wanted, eventually. The story-writer for this movie was not Jane Austen. So the movie is just another movie. Nothing great and wonderful about it.

Recommendation - Watchable, but you can wait for the DVD or for it to come sometime later on cable TV.

Rating - ✔