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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Robin Swicord
Writers (WGA):
Robin Swicord (screenplay)
Karen Joy Fowler (book)
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Release Date:
5 October 2007 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
You don't have to know the books to be in the club. more
Plot:
Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen, only to find their relationships -- both old and new -- begin to resemble 21st century versions of her novels. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
Half of a good movie more (40 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Maria Bello ... Jocelyn

Emily Blunt ... Prudie Drummond

Kathy Baker ... Bernadette

Amy Brenneman ... Sylvia Avila

Maggie Grace ... Allegra Avila

Jimmy Smits ... Daniel Avila

Ed Brigadier ... Pastor

Kevin Zegers ... Trey

Marc Blucas ... Dean Drummond

Catherine Schreiber ... Academic Woman

Ned Hosford ... Waiter

Hugh Dancy ... Grigg Harris
Messy Stench ... Girl with Dog Collar
Chris Burket ... Skydive Instructor
Parisa Fitz-Henley ... Corinne
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material, sexual content, brief strong language and some drug use.
Runtime:
106 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

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Trivia:
The website address www.laughing-allegra.com written on Allegra's jewelry-kit-box (which she brought to the first meeting of the book club at Starbucks) actually links to the official site of the film. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Dean is seen heading off to the NBA playoffs in early spring (March). In reality they begin in late April and continue through June. more
Quotes:
Sylvia Avila: Look, I adore Jocelyn, but . . . ah ha, if, "Loving is letting go," then whoever wants Jocelyn is going to have to pry her fingers loose, one by one. more
Movie Connections:
References Horton Hatches the Egg (1942) more
Soundtrack:
Getting Some Fun Out of Life more

FAQ

[SPOILER] How does the book club influence the characters' lives?
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12 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
Half of a good movie, 6 October 2007
6/10
Author: BoomerMovieFan1 from Atlanta, Georgia

Jane Austin Book Club is half of a good movie. I like Jane Austen and I wanted to like this movie. It had good acting. It had more character development than you see in most movies. And I personally like movies with a lot of talking. The problem is that out of the six members of the book club, three were unlikable. Allegra is a hedonistic, self-centered woman who has trouble maintaining long term relationships. Bernadette is a supercilious know-it-all. And Prudie, the most problematic member of the club, is so neurotic and so clueless that you wince every time she opens her mouth. If you're going to put a neurotic main character in a movie, he or she needs to at least be charming and attractive enough to offset the mental issues (OK, she IS really cute, but it's not enough). In an ensemble cast, it simply doesn't work to have so many unlikable characters. Another big problem I had with the movie is that the ending is right out of female fantasy land. No way this is gonna happen in the real world...am I right?? Still, most Jane Austen fans will probably like the film and I would recommend it to them because of the many references to her novels.

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