Presbyterian Record, December 1st, 1996
It was a time when the local dance attracted more attention and excitement than the actions of local armies, or so the narrator tells us in the beginning of Douglas McGrath's Emma. Following a wave of Jane Austen revivals, this movie will delight audiences and is a must for anyone who enjoyed Sense and Sensibility or the televised BBC production of Pride and Prejudice.
Television commercials and newspaper ads have generally described Emma as a comedy about Cupid's arrow going astray. This is true, as Emma (Gwyneth Paltrow) tries her hand at matchmaking, often sending Cupid's arrow in the wr...
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