Emma

Year of release : 2020

 

Run time : 2h5min

 

Genre : Romance / Drama

 

Cast : Anya Taylor-Joy, Bill Nighy, Mia Goth

 

 

The movie is based on Jane Austin's book (in 3 volumes) of the same name,published in 1815, which had many incarnations,two in 1996,one with Gwyneth Paltrow, the other with Kate Beckinsale.

 

Emma fancies herself a match maker. She thinks she is pretty good at it, until she is telling one of her friends to refuse the man she actually wants because she can do better.

 

She doesn't like miss Bates who seems to be in awe of her. In fact,everybody seems to like Emma, as she is like a celebrity of her time, everyone tries to get into her graces,men and women, the girls from the school her friend goes to..the only one not fawning over her is mister Knightley.

Emma is a bit unlikeable as she meddles in everyone's business thinking she knows better,when she doesn't.

 

Emma's father is a bit of an hypochondriac,as he always feels a draft coming from wherever he sits, and asks the servants to put screens all around him,so he won't catch a cold!

 

The characters, the girls, seemed like the teenagers of today, unsure of their feelings, who need others to tell them who should they like and be with,which was rather annoying. Speaking of annoying, Emma tells her protege to aim for mister Elton, and ignore the one she wants and wants her, who is obviously in love with Emma.

The movie started well, but around the one hour mark it started to bore me, to the point, I was counting down the minutes until the end, at the last part.

 

The actors were fine. I thought Miranda Hart, who plays miss Bates, and Mia Goth, who plays Harriet, were the best, as their roles are corky.

 

The soundtrack was good. It had classical music and songs which seemed to have been sang at the time the movie takes place. There's also a few scenes in which the actors sing and play the piano.

 

The places where the movie was filmed were beautiful, the landscapes, architecture and the interior design.

I liked some of the women's dresses but hated the men's clothes. They wore a lot of mustard color, which I hated and kinda made everyone look pale.

I didn't like the hairstyle.

The movie received positive reviews, and grossed 27.4 million dollars at the box office, against a budget of 10 million.

CinemaScore audiences graded the movie a B.

The movie received many award nominations, including 2 Oscar nominations for Best Makeup and Hairstyling and Best Costume Design (they also got a BAFTA nomination at this category ), both things I hated! Anya Taylor Joy was also nominated for Best Actress at the Golden Globes.

 

Rating : Worth a watch !